Paul Lewis has been coaching high school powerlifting in the state of Texas for over 20 years. He has been a student of the sport and has learned from some of the best. He has coached 21 individual state champions and 4 state championship teams, at 3 different schools, in the 21st century alone. His daughter, Pam, was the outstanding lifter at the USAPL National Meet in 2001. Lewis was also chosen as one of the coaches for the USAPL Sub-Junior Nationals team in 2001.