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Eric Lewis
OFFICIAL #42
May 20, 1971 (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Mainland High School (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Bethune Cookman College
Eric Lewis has officiated 936 regular-season games and 46 playoff games over 15 seasons as an NBA referee.
Previously, Lewis spent three seasons refereeing in the NBA G League (including the 2004 Finals) and two years working in the USBL.
Lewis officiated eight years in college basketball, with stints in the Atlantic Sun, Ohio Valley, Sunshine State, Florida Sun and Mid-Florida conferences. He refereed in Florida high schools for six years.
As a student, he was a member of the basketball team at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Bethune Cookman College.
Lewis works with several organizations that help troubled teens.