Education
Lutz graduated from Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina in 1976 and from the University of North Carolina at in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Economics.
Lutz graduated from Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina in 1976 and from the University of North Carolina at in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Economics.
He is currently an associate head coach at North Carolina State University Wolfpack men"s basketball team under head coach Mark Gottfried. He was previously an assistant coach. Lutz was head coach of the 49ers basketball team from 1998 to 2010.
He taught social studies and coached basketball at several high schools in North Carolina.
In 1984 he received a job as a graduate assistant coach for the men"s basketball team at Clemson University. Prior to the 1986-1987 season he was named head coach at Pfeiffer College in Misenheimer, North Carolina.
He led the Falcons to a 181–91 record in his nine years as their coach, including one berth in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship game. In 1995 Lutz was named the head coach at Gardner–Webb University, but resigned two weeks after accepting the job in order to become an assistant coach at his alma mater under head coach Jeff Mullins.
He served as an assistant under Mullins (1995-1996) and his successor, Melvin Watkins (1996-1998).
When Watkins accepted the head coaching job at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, Lutz was promoted and became the eighth head coach of the 49ers on April 9, 1998. The 49ers enjoyed consistent success during Lutz"s tenure, reaching the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament five times (1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005), plus three appearances in the National Institute of Technology (2000, 2006 and 2008). Lutz" 49ers were expected to contend for their first National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament berth as an Atlantic 10 member in 2009-2010.
With eight games to go in the season, they had a record of 18-5 and seemed well on their way to a bid.
However, they went 1-7 the rest of the way. They bottomed out in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament against UMass when they came out of a timeout with six men on the court.
The resulting technical foul derailed a last-ditch rally, and they lost the game. After not even receiving an National Institute of Technology bid, Lutz was fired on March 15, 2010.
He compiled a 218–158 record at University of North Carolina, and is the school"s winningest men"s basketball coach.
He then spent a season as an assistant coach with the Iowa State Cyclones under head coach Fred Hoiberg. Benny Moss, head coach at University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2006-2010
assistant coach under Lutz at Pfeiffer (1993–1995) and (2001-2006)
Kevin Nickelberry, head coach at Howard University, 2010–present, and Hampton University, 2006-2009
assistant coach under Lutz at (1999–2002)
Orlando Early, head coach at University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2005-2010
assistant coach under Lutz at (1998–2001).