Central State’s Doug Lewis Doing More With Less
Central State University head basketball coach Doug Lewis has his 22-5 Marauders ranked fifth in the NCAA Division II Midwest region, and headed for its first berth in the NCAA Division II national tournament. But life hasn’t always been easy for Lewis, and constructing a Marauders program from the ground up has been anything but.
“I’ll be truthful, I’ve got just four scholarships for my team, so I’ve got to divide them up,” Lewis said. “Every other team in the tournament — Findlay, Kentucky Wesleyan, all of ’em — will have 10 full-ride players on their bench…”
He said his recruiting budget last year was $1,700. “I talked to my friend at Gannon (University) and asked what his budget was,” Lewis said. “He told me he didn’t really have a certain budget. He said if he spent $12,000, well, then that’s what it was…”
Lewis said he and assistant coach Donte Jackson take care of many of their expenses out of their own pockets: “You got to do what you need to do if you want to build a program and get kids in here.”
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