Penn State Dubois Women's Basketball

Bio Coach Lewis begins his eighteenth year as PSUD women’s basketball coach and brings with him forty-eight years of coaching experience from the high school and college levels.  Combining college and high school varsity, he has 444 victories and 554 wins at all levels of basketball.  Since starting the program at PSUD, Lewis has guided the Lady Lions to over 164 wins.  Coach Lewis was recently inducted into the Cameron County Sports Hall of Fame (2023).   Under his direction as the women’s basketball coach, PSU DuBois has secured a spot in the PSUAC playoffs ten times and six times over the past seven seasons.  Penn State DuBois has been ranked as a top twenty team in the USCAA National Coach’s Poll often and ranked as high as 4th during past seasons.  Coach Lewis has had twenty-one PSUAC All-Conference selections, five USCAA All-Americans, twenty-four USCAA Academic All-Americans, and over eighty PSUAC Academic All-Conference Selections.  During his high school career at Cameron County High School, Coach Lewis guided his high school teams to five 20+ win seasons as well as three Pennsylvania state playoff berths, twice reaching the Western Pennsylvania State Quarterfinals. He collected numerous Coach of the Year honors including the Olean Times Herald “Big 30 Coach of the Year” and the DuBois Tri-County Sunday “Coach of the Decade” awards.  Besides coaching basketball at the high school level, Coach Lewis has coached golf, baseball, and track.  In 2013, Lewis started and coached the PSUD Golf program to a (31-7) record in their inaugural season, where his team won the 2013 PSUAC Golf Championship and he was named 2013 PSUAC Coach of the Year.  During his two years at the helm, PSUD golfers compiled an overall record of (52-14-2).  Lewis continues to recruit locally and regionally. "There are a lot of talented student/athletes in the surrounding areas that get overlooked and they should have the opportunity to continue their playing career at the collegiate level and Penn State DuBois is a great place to do that.”  Coach Lewis received his B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Clarion University where he was a member of the Clarion University track team and his M.S. degree in Guidance and Counseling from St. Bonaventure University.  Pat resides in Emporium, PA, where he is a retired high school guidance counselor, with his wife Andrea. He has four daughters and seven grandchildren. 

Bio Creighton boasts more than 38 years of coaching basketball, spanning from elementary levels to NCAA Division I college teams. Before joining the PSUD campus, he was the Head Boys Basketball coach at DuBois Area High School. During his tenure at DuBois, Creighton achieved over 100 victories and led the Beavers to their first D9 League and PIAA District IX championships in 25 years. Before his time at DuBois, he dedicated 10 years to coaching at the collegiate level, including one year as the lead assistant at Oregon State and nine years at Clarion University. At both Oregon State and Clarion, Creighton played a significant role in nearly all aspects of the women's basketball program. Additionally, he gained experience working as a staff member at summer camps hosted by Duke, Illinois, and the National Point Guard College. Prior to his collegiate coaching career, Creighton spent 10 years coaching high school girls' basketball, with seven years at Cranberry and three years at Titusville. As head coach at Cranberry High School, he achieved an impressive overall record of 61-2, secured two PIAA District X titles, made two appearances in the PIAA State Final Four, and won a PIAA State Championship. In 1994, he was honored as the PIAA "Coach of the Year." A graduate of Cranberry High School and Edinboro University, Coach Creighton currently lives in DuBois and works as a Health and Physical Education teacher for the DuBois Area School District. During the off-season, he actively participates with the Bucktail Council BSA, serving as the summer Camp Director and Co-Director of “The Haunt,” both of which take place at Camp Mountain Run.