Aubrey
Lewis, Jr., i s entering his fourth season as the head coach of the men's and women's track and field teams for the 2007-2008 season. Named to the position in September, 2004, Lewis has produced five NCAA Division III All-Americans, 18 conference champions, five Athletes of the Year and 60 All-NJAC selections while also seeing three new school records established during his tenure.
He was named the NJAC's Men's Indoor Coach of the Year this past winter and led Montclair men's indoor squad to second-place showings in both the CTC and NJAC Champiopnships, the best performances by the Red Hawks in several years.
Lewis,
who also serves as an assistant coach with the MSU football
team, was a scholastic standout at Montclair High School
where he played both football and track in the late 1970s
before earning a track scholarship to Eastern Michigan.
At
EMU, he competed in the 400 meter hurdles and the 800
meters for legendary coach Bob Parks, a holder of several
NCAA Division I national records. Lewis also ran with
teammate Earl Jones, a bronze medalist in the 800 meters
at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
A
graduate of Eastern Michigan in 1984, Lewis has coached
at the AAU and Junior Olympic levels and possesses an
expertise in strength and conditioning.
In
addition, Lewis' father Aubrey Sr., was an All-American
at the University of Notre Dame where the elder Lewis
was an All-American in the 400 meter hurdles and held
the world record in the event with a time of 49 seconds
in 1956. Lewis, Sr. was also named New Jersey's Offensive
Football Player of the Century.
Lewis currently resides in Montclair with his wife Marcia and the couple’s five children - Aubrey III, Tobias, Micaiah, Dasia and Malachi .