Michael Lyons

Biography

Michael Lyons enters his first season as an assistant coach with Air Force basketball in 2026-27. One of the program’s all-time greats, Lyons returns to the Academy where he graduated in 2013. Lyons is one of the greatest scorers in program history, he currently ranks fifth all-time in scoring (1,527 points) at Air Force. A four-year letterwinner from 2009-13, he led the team in scoring three-straight seasons, culminating in a senior season that saw him average 17.7 points per game, which is the most by a Falcon in the Mountain West era. Lyons scored 45 points against Colorado State in 2013, which is the fifth-most in a game in Academy history and the most ever in a conference game. He was named team MVP as a junior and senior and is the lone Falcon in the Mountain West era to earn All-Mountain West honors three times. He is also the last Falcon to earn first-team All-MW honors, doing so in 2013. During his senior year, he was named the USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week after averaging 36.0 points per game during a dominant stretch. He also earned All-Military Classic Tournament MVP honors and helped lead Air Force to two postseason CIT appearances. Lyons went on to play professionally in the NBA G League with the Erie BayHawks and was selected in the 2017 G-League Draft by the South Bay Lakers. In addition to his basketball career, Lyons served as a United States Air Force Acquisitions Officer, rising to the rank of Captain. His roles included Military Traini