COACH Benton Lewis

Basketball Experience:

1992- played for Central section division 1 runner ups (Clovis High) lost 63-59 in triple overtime to Clovis West

Coaching Experience:

92- 93- assistant varsity coach in charge of scouting @ Clovis High School. Al Biancalana head coach.
93-95- assistant varsity coach @ SJM . Tye Ferdinandsen head coach. 94 d 4 semifinalists
95-96 head frosh coach @ Buchanan. Tony Peterson head coach.
96-98 assistant jv and varsity coach @ Clovis West. Vance Walberg head coach. 97 and 98 d1 central section champs.
98- 2001 head frosh coach @ Hanford high school. Brad felder head coach. 99 and 00 league champs.
2001- 2007 assistant head coach @ Hanford high school. 2001 d2 central section champs. Central section runner ups in 03, 04, 06
2007- 2011- enjoyed retirement from coaching as the dj, scorebook keeper, score clock operator, and announcer for all home boys and girls volleyball and basketball games.

Future Plans:

Coach Lewis once had a foul called against him, and they ejected the referee.
Coach Lewis once won a game with only 4 players, because the other 10 guys on the team really weren’t that good.
Coach Lewis led the nation in free throw percentage his junior year of high school at an amazing 100% (2 for 2).
Coach Lewis can take three steps to score.
Coach Lewis once dunked on Jason Kidd, in Nba 2k11.
It used to just be called a “bound”, until Coach Lewis did it so often they had to add the “re” to it.
After Coach Lewis retired, they changed the name of the stat from “take" to “steal”.