Kelvin Lewis was named an assistant coach for the Georgia Tech men’s basketball program in March 2026. He begins his first season on The Flats in 2026-27.
Lewis, who produced a long-standing professional playing career before joining the coaching ranks, was with Cross at Troy since 2023-24 (three seasons), overseeing player development.
Lewis enjoyed a 17-year playing career between the collegiate and professional levels before transitioning to assistant coach in 2023. Managing player development at Troy, Lewis helped the Trojans to three-straight 20-win campaigns and back-to-back Sun Belt Conference regular-season and tournament championships. The Trojans finished in the top three of the conference standings each season with Lewis and earned consecutive NCAA Tournament automatic berths.
With Lewis on staff, several Trojans garnered conference honors including three specialty awards: 2025 Player of the Year – Tayton Conerway, 2024 Freshman of the Year – Myles Risgby and 2024 Sixth Man of the Year – Tayton Conerway. Additionally, four Trojans collected all-conference honors, including three first-team accolades.
Prior to his tenure at Troy, Lewis spent 13 years playing professionally, which included two years competing in the G-League with the Texas Legends and Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Following his time in the G-League, Lewis played overseas with stops in Sweden, Finland, Romania, Greece, Hungary, Iceland and Germany. He concluded his playing career in Austria where he played for SKN St. Polten from 2019-23.
During his professional playing career, Lewis was a 2012 NBA G-League champion, two-time Korisliiga (Finland) champion (2014, 2018), the Korisliiga Defensive Player of the Year (2014), a Romanian Cup winner (2015) and the 2018 Urvalsdeild scoring champion (25.4 points). In total, he finished his professional playing career with five championships and 5,450 career points.
Lewis was a three-year letterwinner at Houston (2007-10) where he was named the 2010 C-USA Championship Most Valuable Player after helping the Cougars win the championship over UTEP by scoring 28 points on 11-15 shooting to clinch an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. Lewis was also named to the 2010 C-USA Championship All-Tournament Team, and was voted 2009 All-Conference USA Third Team and 2009 C-USA All-Defensive Team. While at Houston, Lewis became the 42nd player in school history to surpass 1,000-career points, finishing 14th on the career scoring list with 1,465 points. He was also No. 3 all-time in three-point field goals made with 251.
Lewis began his collegiate playing career at Auburn (2006-07) before transferring to Houston. In his four-year collegiate career, Lewis averaged 11.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.0 assists per game while shooting 40.6 percent from the field, 37.1 percent from three-point range and 81.5 percent from the free throw line.
A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Lewis graduated from Houston in 2010 with a degree in kinesiology.
