WKU's mascot moves into office of new Hilltopper's men's basketball coach |

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Western Kentucky University's new men's basketball coach moved into his office Monday.

The Hilltopper mascot "Big Red" set up in Steve Lutz's new office in a video posted on Twitter Sunday night.

Who told @WKUBigRed it could move into @LutzSteve's new office? #GoTops pic.twitter.com/qQTVCSSOnK
— WKU Hilltopper Basketball (@WKUBasketball) March 20, 2023

Lutz was an assistant coach at Purdue and head coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Lutz is fresh off a second straight NCAA Tournament trip, including the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament win in a First Four victory over SEMO on March 14.

He was named the 2023 Southland Conference and NABC District 22 Coach of the Year, and also was named a finalist for the 2023 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award.

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