Between the 2000s and 2010s, Lewis held assistant coaching positions with the Minnesota Lynx, Indiana Fever and Los Angeles Sparks.
During this time period, Lewis was the head coach for the Fordham Rams women's basketball team, T.C.
[4] After joining West Virginia University in 1964, he was their "first [African American] basketball player to sign an athletic grant-in-aid".
[10] In January 1967, Lewis had a foot fracture and was scheduled to miss over a month of games for West Virginia.
[13] Outside of basketball, Lewis studied journalism at West Virigina before leaving for the University of Detroit as a graduate student.
[1] In 1981, Lewis was hired by South Lakes High School as a gym teacher before he became their head coach of the boys' basketball team.
Williams High School girls basketball coach from 2007 to 2008, Lewis obtained 22 wins and 1 loss before he resumed his WNBA experience with the Indiana Fever in 2008.
[26] Lewis stayed with Georgia Tech for a year before being hired by the Los Angeles Sparks in 2012 as an assistant coach.