• Returns to his home state of North Carolina to assist new head coach Mark Gottfried after a one-year stint at Iowa State with Fred Hoiberg.

• Lutz is the winningest coach in Charlotte history, posting a record of 218-158.  He led Charlotte to a school-record five 20-win seasons and won three league titles (1999, 2001, 2004) in his tenure with the 49ers. In 2005, Lutz was a finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award.

• Lutz is a true veteran in the coaching ranks and is a member of Pfeiffer's Athletics Hall of Fame and Charlotte's Alumni Hall of Fame.