Alex Lieu began as Academy of Art men’s basketball volunteer in October 2019.
In his first year with ART U, Lieu helped head coach Scott Waterman guide the Urban Knights to the program's second consecutive PacWest Tournament appearance, tie the program's record for wins in a single season (12), and set numerous team and individual records along the way. New program marks were set in multiple categories as a team, including single-season points (2105), rebounds (1115), field goals made (781), 3-point field goals (210), and assists (434) while Stefan Milivojevic was named
All-PacWest First Team upon setting the five ART U records (most notably career points scored at 890) and Josh Hill garnered
All-PacWest Third Team honors. The postseason also brought five
Academic All-PacWest recipients as well as three
NABC Honors Court selections.
Prior to ART U, Lieu served as the lead assistant varsity coach at Valley Torah High School. In his four seasons with the Wolfpack, Lieu’s teams went 95-26 while earning two Jewish Tournament Championships (Cooper Invitational, Steve Glouberman), one Heritage League Championship, and reaching the CIF postseason all four years.
Lieu has also spent the past two years coaching a variety of levels within West Coast Elite Under Armour. He was a both an assistant and head coach for the 15U team while also assisting the 14U squad and heading a 13U team that ranked top 10 in Southern California. He also served as a West Coast Elite 100 coach as well as the program’s director of scouting service and a business development representative.
Lieu graduated from Cal State Northridge in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies.
