Luke St. Lifer joined the VCU Men's Basketball staff in April of 2025 as director of operations.
Prior to his VCU appointment, St. Lifer served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Florida Southern College from 2022-25, where he helped the Mocs to back-to-back NCAA postseason appearances in 2024 and 2025. St. Lifer also assisted the FSC women's basketball staff for the 2024-25 season. His Florida Southern men's basketball tenure also included an appearance in the South Region Championship game, and the Mocs posted a 68-28 record with St. Lifer on the sideline, including a 42-18 mark in league play.
St. Lifer, a native of Mountain Lakes, N.J., spent four years as a member of the Florida Southern men's basketball team -- one as a student manager and three as a player. The 2018 Florida Southern College graduate was a student manager for the 2014-15 NCAA DII National Champion Moccasins before joining the team for the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 seasons.
As a player, St. Lifer earned NABC Honors Court following his junior season, while also earning Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll twice in his career. He served on the FSC student government as a freshman.
Prior to Florida Southern, St. Lifer served as the director of basketball operations at Bryant from 2020-22. He was Bryant's director of basketball analytics in 2018-19 before heading to Le Moyne College to serve as an assistant coach during the 2019-20 season.
While on staff at Bryant, the Bulldogs had two of the best seasons in program history. In 2020-21, the Bulldogs went 15-7, entered the mid-major top-25 and advanced to the Northeast Conference Championship. In 2021-22, Bryant won its first-ever NEC Regular Season and Tournament titles, advancing to the NCAA Tournament. While at Le Moyne, St. Lifer helped the Dolphins go 19-9 and advance to the NCAA Division II Tournament.
St. Lifer spent the summer of 2017 as the Director of Player Development Intern at Green Bay and gained experience as a summer camp coach at Iowa and Georgia Tech, while also serving as a summer coach at the Robert Jacobson Sports Foundation and John ByDook Basketball Academy.
