Taking over as head coach of the storied men's basketball program at Butler, looks to be an extremely tough task for Brandon Miller, especially filling the shoes that Brad Stevens wore so well before him. Keeping two of the assistants from Stevens' staff might just be a great move on the part of Miller as he transitions into being the head coach at Butler.
Current Butler assistant coaches Terry Johnson and Michael Lewis will continue their coaching days on the sidelines at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Head Coach Brandon Miller has decided that he will keep the two assistants as part of his staff.
Johnson is a 1992 Anderson (IN) High School grad, where he was a three-sport athlete. He continued his basketball and baseball careers at Lincoln Trail Junior College (IL) from 1992-94. TJ then transferred to Lamar University (TX) to play Division I basketball, where he led the Cardinals' basketball team in assists and steals from 1994-96. Terry finished his bachelor's degree at IPFW in 1998 and earned his Masters in Sports Administration from Western Kentucky University in 2011.
Following his playing days, Johnson became an assistant at IPFW (1997-99), Indiana Tech (1999-2001), Lincoln Trail JC (2001-03) and Auburn (2003-04) before his arrival in Indianapolis.
Terry Johnson began his timeline at Butler as the director of basketball operations for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. Since 2007, Johnson has been an assistant coach under Brad Stevens during his head coaching tenure and starts his 9th year at Butler this winter.
Michael Lewis is a 1996 Jasper (IN) grad that went on and had a stellar career at Indiana University from 1996-2000. Scoring 2,138 points in his prep career, Lewis climbed to 13th on the all-time scoring list in Indiana history. He managed to make the Indiana All-Star squad and was named Indiana's Gatorade Player of the Year in 1996. Lewis became the all-time assists leader in IU history with 545 during his four-year career.
After college, Lewis played in the USBL for the Florida Seadragons (2000-01), where he was an all-star in 2000. He came home to the Hoosier state in 2001 and played with the Fort Wayne Fury in the CBA. Michael also spent some time playing European basketball in Belgium before joining the coaching ranks.
Lewis got his first coaching experience at the D-I level at Stephen F. Austin in Texas during the 2004-05 season. After that, he moved north to the bench at Eastern Illinois (2005-11), where he made a lot of recruiting moves for EIU. Brad Stevens brought Lewis onto his staff after the 2010-11 season and Michael will enter his 3rd season on the Butler Bulldog bench.
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