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Ralph Lewis<br />
Assistant Coach<br />
Ralph Lewis is in his first full season as an assistant coach for the Bobcats after joining the team on<br />
December 26, 2010. Lewis brings nine years of experience as an <strong>NBA</strong> assistant coach and both a head<br />
coach and assistant coach in the <strong>NBA</strong> Development League.<br />
Prior to joining the Bobcats, Lewis was most recently a scout for the Hornets. He has previously been an<br />
assistant coach for the Kings (1997-98) and SuperSonics/Thunder (2005-09). He served as assistant<br />
coach of the Huntsville Flight during the inaugural season of the <strong>NBA</strong> Development League in 2001-02<br />
before be<strong>com</strong>ing head coach from 2002-05. During his three seasons as head coach, the Flight <strong>com</strong>piled<br />
a 73-71 record and made consecutive playoff appearances in 2003-04 and 2004-05. The team also set<br />
franchise records for number of wins in a season with 24 in 2003-04 and 27 in 2004-05.<br />
Before entering coaching, Lewis played basketball professionally in the <strong>NBA</strong>, CBA and internationally for 10 years. Originally drafted in the<br />
sixth round of the 1985 <strong>NBA</strong> Draft by the Boston Celtics, he played three years in the <strong>NBA</strong> (1987-90) with the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte<br />
Hornets, averaging 2.3 points and 1.2 rebounds in 99 regular-season games. During three seasons in the CBA, Lewis averaged 17.1 points<br />
and 5.4 rebounds. Lewis also spent four seasons playing internationally in France, Belgium and Canada.<br />
A 1985 graduate of LaSalle University, Lewis averaged 15.6 points and 8.3 rebounds during his collegiate career and shot .530 from the field.<br />
A member of the school’s Hall of Athletes, Lewis was named First Team All-MAAC following the 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons. He was also<br />
selected First Team All-Big 5 in 1983-84 and 1984-85, receiving the Geasey Award as the Big 5 Player of the Year in 1983-84. Lewis remains<br />
among LaSalle’s all-time leaders in rebounding (fourth, 966), field goal percentage (fourth, .530), blocks (fourth, 94), free throws made<br />
(fourth, 453), steals (sixth, 200), scoring (11th, 1807) and field goals made (11th, 677).<br />
In addition to his playing and coaching experience, Lewis has worked as an executive in the social services field. He and his wife, Keami, have<br />
two children, Ralph III and Bianca.<br />
Stephen Silas<br />
Assistant Coach<br />
BASKETBALL OPERATIONS<br />
Currently in his 11th season as an <strong>NBA</strong> assistant coach, Stephen Silas joined the Bobcats coaching staff<br />
on December 26, 2010, where he was reunited with his father, Bobcats Head Coach Paul Silas. Stephen<br />
Silas came to the Bobcats after spending the previous four and a half seasons as an assistant coach<br />
for the Golden State Warriors. Prior to joining the Warriors, Silas served as an advance scout for the<br />
Washington Wizards during the 2005-06 season.<br />
Silas previously spent five seasons on his father’s staffs with the Hornets (2000-03) and Cavaliers<br />
(2003-05). At the time of his hiring as an assistant with the Hornets on June 5, 2000, he was the youngest<br />
assistant in the <strong>NBA</strong> at the age of 27. Silas originally joined the Hornets in the summer of 1999 as<br />
an advance and college scout, scouting nearly 200 <strong>NBA</strong> and college games in that role.<br />
Silas has also served as a Summer League head coach for the Hornets (2002), Cavaliers (2003) and<br />
Warriors (2010). In addition to his work with <strong>NBA</strong> teams, Silas coached at the 2003 and 2007 <strong>NBA</strong> Pre-Draft camps and the <strong>2011</strong> adidas<br />
EuroCamp in Treviso, Italy.<br />
Internationally, Silas has worked at camps and clinics across the globe to help promote the game of basketball and the <strong>NBA</strong>. In 2010, he<br />
served as coach at the Korea Development Camp in Seoul, South Korea, working in conjunction with the <strong>NBA</strong> and Korean Basketball League.<br />
He served as a coach at the <strong>NBA</strong>’s Basketball Without Borders camp in Africa in the summer of 2008, as well as in Beijing, China, during the<br />
summer of 2005. He also represented the <strong>NBA</strong> Coaches Association at the Dirk Nowitzki Basketball Academy in Berlin, Germany, in July of<br />
2004.<br />
The Boston native graduated from Brown University in 1996, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in sociology and management and played<br />
four seasons for the Bears basketball team. Upon graduation, Silas spent three years as the assistant executive director of the National<br />
Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) in Providence, Rhode Island.<br />
Silas and his wife, Keryl, were married in 2002 and have two daughters, Kyler Elyse and Kaelyn.<br />
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