Ed Lewis is the new baseball coach at Pender

Burgaw,NC (WWAY) — news release from Pender High School.

Pender High School has hired Mr. Ed Lewis to take over as Head Baseball Coach. Coach Lewis has extensive baseball knowledge and has been a part of many programs in the area. Coach Lewis played for Leon Brogden and Buck Hardee at New Hanover HS for 3 years. He also played 4 years for Wilmington College (now UNC-W) for Coach Bill Brooks. He was an assistant at New Hanover HS for 5 years, and started the Baseball program at Laney HS and remained the Head Coach there for 5 years. He also coached the Post 68 American Legion team in Brunswick County from 1988 – 1998 where his team appeared in the World Series. He was a Graduate Assistant for Leon Polk at Mississippi State as well. His focus is on coaching the fundamentals of baseball while instilling a strict discipline of the game. It is with great pride that we welcome Coach Lewis to our coaching staff here at Pender.