César Luján-Flores joined the Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Basketball coaching staff in the Spring of 2024 as an assistant coach.
During the 2025-26 season the Bears went 26-9 (17-5 SAC) record and advanced to their second consecutive NCAA Regional Championship game. They finished second in the South Atlantic Conference regular season and defeated North Georgia and Young Harris in the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds before falling to Lander in the regional championship. This team set single-season program records for points, rebounding margin, and free throws made. They ranked top ten in Division II in free throws mad per game (20.1), three point percentage (39.8), effective field goal percentage (57.4), field goal percentage (50.2), and scoring offense (89.5).
The 2024-25 Bears finished with a 29-6 record and won the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Tournament Championship, the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship, and advanced the the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in Evansville, Indiana. It marked the first time in men's basketball history LR won an NCAA Division II Regional Championship. Three Bears were named to the All-SAC team while Conrad Luczynski was the Southeast Regional Tournament MVP and Ziare Wells was an All-Region Second Team honoree. This team set program records for single season wins (29) and field goals made (1,114).
Luján-Flores comes by way of Eastern New Mexico, where he served as an assistant coach for one season under current Lenoir-Rhyne Head Coach Brent Owen. In his lone season at Eastern New Mexico, the Greyhounds finished with a 22-10 Record, won the Lone Star Conference Tournament Championship for the first time in 31 years, and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years.
Lujan-Flores arrived at Eastern New Mexico after a stint as an assistant coach with the Wichita Skykings in the TBL, where he helped with scouting and game preparation. Other duties included film and stat coordination, travel planning, and recruiting.
Luján-Flores holds a strong resume in the Land of Enchantment as he was the head student manager for New Mexico State for three seasons. He led a group of eight managers while assisting with film editing, practice, and statistics. While with the Aggies, the team won two regular season conference titles and a tournament title. The 2021-22 squad advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
He earned a bachelor’s in kinesiology from New Mexico State in 2022.
