Coach Lewis Shine has always had the love for the game of basketball. He was recognized as a standout guard at Lima Senior High School, averaging better than 17 points per contest, Shine received All-GMC (Greater Miami Conference) Athletic and Academic Honors. Shine graduated with a 3.8 GPA with a ranking of 11th in his graduating class.

Shine furthered his education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Majoring in Exercise Science, Shine received his Bachelor's Degree in Health and Sports Studies in 2002.

In his first year in Oxford, Shine walked on to the Miami Redhawk basketball team and was a member of the 1998 team, under the late great Coach Charlie Coles, that went on be one of the greatest basketball teams in school history. Under the on-court leadership of NBA Lottery Pick Wally Szczerbiak, they went on to win the 1998-1999 MAC (Mid-American Conference) Championship, and reached the NCAA's Sweet 16 Round of its Post Season Tournament.

Academically, Shine received honor roll recognition as well as earning a spot on the Dean's and President's List for various semester grading periods over his four-year undergraduate tenure.

After departing Miami University, Shine played one season of professional basketball in the American Basketball Association (2004-2005), where he had experience with three different teams: Utah Snowbears (Salt Lake City - Head Coach - Ike Austin), Colorado Storm (Denver - Head Coach Sheldon Jones) and the Louisiana Cajun Pelicans (Baton Rouge - Head Coach Sheldon Jones).

Maintaining focus on sport and fitness, Shine has served as a personal trainer since 2005. Shine has trained athletes on all levels including professional, collegiate, high school and junior high. He has also worked with non-athletes via one-on-one sessions, team sessions, group training, fitness and boot camp classes, as well as online and virtual training.

From 2007 to 2009, Shine served as the Director of Black Achievers at the Lima Family YMCA, where his initiative was to make a difference in the lives of the youth in his city and the immediate surrounding areas.

Shine has worked in professional sports for the last several years. In 2011-2012, he was the PR & Marketing Director for the Lima Explosion, a member of the American Basketball Association. During the 2012-2013 Season, he served as the General Manager of the team as well as the Head Coach.

From 2013-2016, Shine was the Owner & General Manager of his own Minor League Basketball Team (Lima Express), that spent the first two years of its existence playing in the PBL (Premier Basketball League). During the team's inaugural season, Shine was named Co-Executive of the Year. In the third season of the team's existence, it moved up to play in the MPBA (Midwest Professional Basketball League). The team went on to earn a playoff berth. Within the three years of the team's existence, more than 15 players have been sent to further their professional basketball careers overseas.

Shine has worked abroad with FIBA (Federation of International Basketball) during their Centrobasket 2016 and Sudamericano 2016 Tournaments in Central America (Panama) and South America (Venezuela) as a Color Commentator & Analyst. He also worked for the NBA Development League at the 2017 NBA D League Showcase in Mississauga, Ontario (Canada).

Shine coached at Central State University, a Division II school in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) where he was a part of two 20-game winning seasons (20-8 in 2016-2017, 23-6 in 2017-2018), including an 18-5 record as the acting head coach during the 2017-18 season, two-consecutive runner-up finishes in the SIAC Conference Tournament, the SIAC West Division Championship in 2016-17 and the runner up in the West Division in 2017-2018. Shine's 2017-18 squad saw two players selected second-team All-Conference, was ranked as high as 8th in the South Region (1st regional ranking in school history since entering the NCAA), top five in the nation in several statistical categories and posted a 3.25 average team GPA. During the 2017-2018 season, Coach Shine became a ISSA (International Sports Sciences Association) Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist.

Coach Lewis served as the Associate Head Coach for the Winthrop University Women’s Basketball Team during the 2018-2019 Team.

He is now a Sports Team Motivational Speaker & Consultant, specializing in Team Building, Coaching & Player Workshops.