Robert Morris MBB Assistant Departs Program After Two Seasons

Robert Morris, like any other Division-I programs across the country at this time of the year, has faced massive turnover since the transfer portal opened up with six players opting to test the waters. While the remaining four players with eligibility remaining have already declared their intentions on returning to Robert Morris next season, the Colonials lost another member of the program this week.

Sources told Robert Morris Sports Now that assistant coach Kim Lewis accepted a job offer from his alma mater of Tulane this week and will depart the Colonials’ program immediately.

Lewis brought more than 20 years of Division-I coaching experience with him when he was hired at Robert Morris two offseason ago. During his time in Moon Township, Lewis helped lead the Colonials to their first ever Horizon League Championship in 2025 and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2015.

While under Toole, Lewis helped land and coach players such as Horizon League Player of the Year recipients Alvaro Folgueiras and DeSean Goode, and many All-Horizon League players such as Amarion Dickerson, Ryan Prather Jr. and Kam Woods.

Lewis’ coaching journey included stops at mid-major programs such as Duquesne, Richmond, Mercer and McNeese among a handful of others but when home comes calling, it is a hard offer to refuse. Now, as he returns back home, he is set up to be apart of Tulane’s coaching staff for a third time over the course of his post-playing days as he was on the Green Wave staff from 1997-1999 and from 2008-2010.

As a player, Lewis earned Metro Conference Freshman of the Year while at Tulane in 1991. He is first in Tulane program history in steals and ranks third in games played. Lewis scored 1,384 points at Tulane, the 12th most in the program’s history. Lewis is a two-time member of the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame after he was inducted in 2014 as an individual and in 2020 as a member of the 1991-92 squad.

With the departure of Lewis, assistants Anthony Richards, Matthew Sweet and Keith Oddo will have bigger roles to step into and fill next season. Robert Morris and Toole could decide to add to the staff but with just five players locked into next year’s roster, and not a single incoming transfer committed to the program to this point of the offseason, the staff’s combined focus and effort will likely be on roster configuration for the time being.