Lycoming College

Entering his 17th year as a collegiate head coach, Eric Lewis will continue to work to build Lycoming College into a MAC Commonwealth contender, as he begins his fourth year with the program. In August 2014, Lewis was also promoted to assistant director of athletics, taking over compliance duties at the college.

In 16 seasons as a head collegiate coach, Lewis has amassed an overall record of 153-154-18 (.498), including a 101-109-15 (.482) mark in 11 years at Guilford in Greensboro, N.C., and a 39-5-1 (.878) record in two years at Louisburg College in Raleigh, N.C.

Lewis continued to build Lycoming into a contender in the MAC Commonwealth in 2015, leading the team to its first .500 season since 2007 when it went 9-9 overall. Lewis mentored a squad that scored 41 goals, the third-most in program history, with Meghenn Jackson tying the school record with 15 goals in a season and Jordan Lazarich adding 14 goals. Jackson became the first First Team All-MAC Commonwealth selection since Lycoming joined the league in 2007 and she also became the first Academic All-MAC pick in program history. The team also tied a program record with 10 MAC Academic Honor Roll selections.

The Warriors posted a four-win campaign under Lewis in 2014, the most for the program since 2010. Along the way, the team posted its first win in Commonwealth Conference play since 2012 and he helped Lazarich earn Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year honors after scoring 14 goals, the second-most in program history. The team also notched 29 goals, more than tripling the team's scoring output from 2013.

In his first year as head coach at Lycoming, Lewis started a building process, which was highlighted by a 2-1 overtime win over Susquehanna University in the River Derby, the first time the Warriors won the trophy game at home.

Lewis coached one All-American, four all-region student-athletes, six all-state performers and 19 All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) selections at Guilford. Guilford played in two ODAC Tournament finals under Lewis, reaching the championship match in back-to-back years in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, he guided the Quakers to a school-record nine ODAC wins. During his 11 years at the helm, he helped the team to five 10-win seasons, including four straight from 2003-06.
 
He also helped quickly build the program, from one that won 12 games in the previous two years prior to his arrival to a team that won 20 games in his first two seasons and reached the ODAC Conference finals for the first time in school history in just his fourth year as coach.
 
Lewis came to Guilford in 2002, returning to Greensboro from Louisburg, where he earned back-to-back NJCAA Region X Coach of the Year Awards in two seasons as head coach. He quickly rebuilt the Louisburg program, leading it to a 14-win improvement and an 18-4-1 record in his first year with the program. The 2001 team reached the NJCAA District D finals and was ranked 12th in the final national junior college poll after posting a 20-1-1 record.
 
Lewis stepped into collegiate coaching in 1998, when he spent one season as the assistant men’s soccer coach at Guilford and he also spent four seasons at the high school level, assisting Southeast Guilford to the girls’ state title in 1997.
 
A Chapel Hill, N.C., native, Lewis has coached in the Jamestown (N.C.) Soccer Club and works at the North Carolina Girls' Soccer Camp, as an administrator and facilities director.
 
Lewis earned a bachelor’s degree in history from High Point University in 1998. He earned a master's degree in military history from Norwich University in 2010.
 

The Lewis File
Hometown: Chapel Hill, N.C.

	Education
1998	Bachelor of Arts - History	High Point University
2010	Master of Arts - History	Norwich University
	Collegiate Coaching Experience
1998	Guilford College	Assistant Men's Soccer Coach
2000-01	Louisburg College	Head Women's Soccer Coach
2002-12	Guilford College	Head Women's Soccer Coach
2013-Pres.	Lycoming College	Head Women's Soccer Coach
	Awards & Honors
2000	NJCAA Region X Coach of the Year
2001	NJCAA Region X Coach of the Year

Lewis Year-By-Year
Year	School	W	L	T	Pct.	Note
2000	Louisburg	18	4	1	.804	Helped team to a 14-win improvement, third-best in NCAA
2001	Louisburg	20	1	1	.932	Led team to a 19-match winning streak
2 yrs.	Louisburg	38	5	2	.867
2002	Guilford	9	10	2	.476	Coached Guilford's first Academic All-American
2003	Guilford	11	9	0	.550	Coached team to a school-record-tying 11 wins
2004	Guilford	12	8	2	.591	Led team to school-record nine-game winning streak
2005	Guilford	14	6	3	.674	Set school record for wins in a season
2006	Guilford	13	6	3	.659	Coached team to second straight ODAC Tournament championship game
2007	Guilford	7	12	0	.368	Coached Guilford's first women's soccer All-American
2008	Guilford	8	12	0	.400	Coached one all-region and three all-conference picks
2009	Guilford	7	12	1	.375	Tied 21st-ranked Washington & Lee
2010	Guilford	6	11	2	.368	Coached one all-conference selection
2011	Guilford	10	8	2	.550	Coached one all-region selection and four all-conference picks
2012	Guilford	4	15	0	.211	Won 100th career game at Guilford
11 yrs.	Guilford	101	109	15	.482
2013	Lycoming	1	16	1	.083	Team won River Derby vs. Susquehanna at home for first time in school history
2014	Lycoming	4	15	0	.211	Jordan Lazarich named Commonwealth Conference Rookie of the Year
2015	Lycoming	9	9	0	.500	Program's first .500 season since 2007
2 yrs.	Lycoming	14	40	1	.264
Total		153	154	18	.498