Sahil Lakhani begins his first season with the Alverno basketball program in 2025-26 after being hired in the summer of 2025.
Lakhani comes to Alverno after most recently working as the assistant coach for the Dominican University men's basketball team in River Forest, Illinois. There, he helped lead practice sessions with players that focused on practicing drills, honing techniques, and scrimmaging to put practiced skills into play, as well as recruiting student-athletes to the program.
Before coaching at Dominican, he served as an assistant coach for the Lake Forest College women's basketball program from April 2021 to June 2023. There, he helped coach the 2022-23 Midwest Conference Player of the Year and also partnered with the coaching staff to develop offensive and defensive schemes and playbook. Lakhani got his start in college athletics working as a Graduate Assistant Coach/Director of Operations for the Frostburg State men's basketball team from August of 2018 to May 2020. He directed overall team operations and supported coaching and player development efforts through various responsibilities.
Since June of 2016, Lakhani has also operated his own sports consulting business, Coach Lakhani's Sports Consulting. In this role, he trained, coached, and mentored athletes in sport-specific skills and techniques and has successfully guided numerous clients on a path to athletic success and achievement.
2025-26 Season
- Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, Dominican University (2023-2024)
- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, Lake Forest College (2021-2023)
- Coach Lakhani's Sports Consulting (2016-Present)
- Junior Varsity Head Basketball Coach, Taft High School (2020-2021)
- Graduate Assistant/Director of Operations, Men's Basketball, Frostburg State University
- Head Basketball Coach, Spartan Sports (2017-2021)
- Team Manager, Women's Basketball, Bradley University (2015-2016)
- Earned his Bachelor's of Science in Management & Leadership from Bradley University in 2016Â
- Earned his Master of Business Administration at Frostburg State in 2020
- Worked as a Senior Accounts Payable Specialist for Jet Support Services
