KIM LEWIS begins his second season as an assistant coach at Northeastern. Lewis is no stranger to the man from whom he now takes orders; he played at Tulane while Ron Everhart was an assistant coach.

Lewis comes to Northeastern from McNeese State, where he was a recruiter under Tic Price for one year. With the Cowboys, his duties included coaching the perimeter players, scouting opponents, conducting individual workouts and assisting with recruiting.

Prior to that, he spent a season at Xavier University (La.), an NAIA school located in New Orleans. Among his responsibilities at Xavier were exchange of game film, scouting opponents and conducting pre- and post-season workouts.

Lewis graduated from Tulane University in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. He had a distinguished career with the Green Wave. Lewis earned Metro Conference Freshman of the Year honors in 1991 and second team All-Conference accolades in 1992, the same year he landed a spot on the NCAA Tournament Southeast Regional All-Tournament Team. He helped the Green Wave to a national ranking, a Metro Conference title and an opening-round win over St. John’s in the 1992 NCAA tournament. In 1995, Lewis was named Tulane’s Male Athlete of the Year. He helped the Green Wave to two 20-win seasons, graduated as the school’s all-time steals leader, and appears on Tulane’s career lists in games played, free throws, three-pointers made, scoring and rebounds.

He got his coaching start as a volunteer with Tulane in 1996. He parlayed that into as assistant coaching position the following year, and stayed in that role until 1999. During that time, he also served as a coordinator at the Green Wave’s summer basketball camps. Prior to that, he worked as a counselor at the Perry Clark Basketball Camp in 1996.

From 1999-02, Lewis played in the Icelandic Professional Basketball League. While in Iceland, he helped lead his team to a championship, earning MVP and best all-around player honors in the process. His first season in Iceland, 1999-2000, he doubled as his team’s head coach.
His other post-graduate playing experience was with VASDA, a team of ex-college stars that toured 10 universities in the fall of 1996. Lewis helped VASDA to a 9-1 record, its best ever.

Lewis lives in Jamaica Plain. He has a daughter, Jasmine.

DARYN FREEDMAN joins the Huskies staff for his first season after spending the last four seasons as Head Basketball Coach at Brimmer and May School in Chestnut Hill.

At Brimmer and May, Freedman rebuilt the basketball program and led the team to the 2005 New England Prep School Championship. Freedman also served as the President of the New England Prep School Men's Basketball Coaches Association for the last two years.

Prior to his coaching tenure at Brimmer and May, Freedman spent eight years as an assistant to Coach John Calipari at the University of Massachusetts, the New Jersey Nets, the Philadelphia 76ers and the University of Memphis. At UMass, Freedman served as a student assistant for teams that went to the Elite Eight in 1995 and Final Four in 1996. Freedman followed Calipari to the Nets and served as a staff assistant and worked in the Basketball Operations department. Following Calipari's departure from the Nets, Freedman served as an assistant to Calipari with the Philadelphia 76ers, as Calipari was Associate Head Coach under Larry Brown, during the 1999-2000 season. Freedman joined the staff at University of Memphis in March of 2000 after Calipari accepted the head coaching position at the school.

Freedman has also been a mainstay for the past ten summers at the famed Five-Star Basketball Camp, where he has served as a coach, clinician and commissioner.

Freedman earned a degree in Sports Management at the University of Massachusetts in 1997 and a Law Degree from Seton Hall University Law School in 2000. Freedman is single and lives in Boston

RICHARD PITINO is in his first season as an assistant coach under Ron Everhart. Pitino comes to Northeastern from the College of Charleston where he served as an administrative assistant on Head Coach Tim Herrion’s staff.

While an undergraduate Providence College, Pitino spent two seasons as a manager of the Friars’ men’s basketball team. In his junior year, Providence earned its 15th trip to the NCAA Tournament as a five seed and was ranked as high as 12th in the Associated Press poll during the regular season.

Pitino also served as an assistant coach at Saint Andrew’s School in Barrington, R.I. for two years. In his first season, the team finished the year ranked 25th in the nation by USA Today and won the New England Prep School Championship.

The son of Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino, Richard graduated from Providence College In 2005 with a degree in history.

ANTHONY SERRO returns to Northeastern for his fourth season, his second in the role of basketball operations director. Serro joined the men's basketball program as a team manager in 2002-03, then became a graduate assistant on Everhart's staff the following season.

He became a manager through an internship program at his alma mater, Endicott College, where he graduated from in 2003 with a degree in Physical Education/Sports Management. Along with his dilpoma, Serro received his coaching certification.

In his sophomore year at Endicott, Serro interned in Sports Marketing at St. John’s University in Jamaica, N.Y. He coordinated several promotions at Red Storm basketball games, which are played at Madison Square Garden.

He served another internship prior to that as an assistant to the basketball coaching staff at Queens College in Flushing, N.Y.

Serro grew up in Baldwin, N.Y. A graduate of Chaminade High School in Mineola, N.Y., Serro currently resides in Mission Hill.