Sources: W. Kentucky expected to hire Lutz

Western Kentucky is anticipated to work with Texas A&M- Corpus Christi’s Steve Lutz as its following head trainer, resources informed ESPN on Saturday.

Lutz is coming off back-to-back guys’s NCAA competition looks with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, directing the Islanders to a Southland regular-season title this period. They defeated Southeast Missouri State in the First 4 previously today prior to being up to Alabama 96-75 in the preliminary on Thursday.

In 2 periods at Corpus Christi, Lutz is 47-23 general as well as 21-11 busy play.

Before being employed as its head trainer, Lutz was a long time aide trainer at various degrees of university basketball, most especially 7 periods at Creighton under Greg McDermott as well as 4 periods at Purdue under Matt Painter. Throughout his time with the Boilermakers, Lutz aided hire Wooden Honor front-runner Zach Edey to West Lafayette.

Lutz started his mentoring job as an assistant trainer at Incarnate Word in 1995.

At Western Kentucky, he changes Rick Stansbury, that left his article previously this month after 7 periods with the Hilltoppers. They stopped working to get to the NCAA competition in any one of his 7 periods. Before Stansbury’s period, Western Kentucky had solid current NCAA competition background, going 7 times under 3 various instructors from 2001 to 2013– consisting of a Wonderful 16 look in 2008 under Darrin Horn.