Andrew Lentz joined Thad Matta's staff in May of 2022 as the coordinator of basketball operations. In this role, Lentz will oversee the program's operations while also serving as the program's point of contact for administrative areas within the athletics department.
Prior to arriving at Butler, Lentz spent four seasons at Louisville as the assistant athletic director for men’s basketball as a member of Chris Mack’s staff. Lentz oversaw multiple creative initiatives while serving as the program’s liaison for all external areas and had other administrative duties. He maintained the Louisville Basketball brand and identity through graphic design, social media, video production and other visual projects.
Lentz was also involved in multiple aspects in recruiting, operations, travel, game day concepts and other responsibilities surrounding the men’s basketball program. The Cardinals’ basketball Twitter account more than tripled in his first two years at UofL while social content dramatically expanded.
Lentz arrived at Louisville after working one year as associate athletics director for branding and creative services at Baylor. While at Baylor, Lentz oversaw digital assets, graphic design, video and licensing for the Bears while managing the athletics branding and creative services staff.
Lentz worked two years as the director of creative strategy for Indiana Basketball (2015-17) under head coach Tom Crean after a year as assistant director of media relations (2014-15) when he led the communications efforts for the baseball program while assisting with football. Prior to his time at IU, Lentz was assistant director of digital media at Oklahoma for two years (2012-14), where he helped coordinate digital and social media for the athletics department and football program.
An Indianapolis native, Lentz earned his bachelor’s degree in sport administration at Ball State in 2010 and his master’s degree in sports management at Tennessee in 2012, also working with the Volunteer football team for two years.
He and his wife, Kelly, have two daughters: Adalynn and Madison.
