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Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Ray Lewis reportedly will not be getting again into the game as a coach regardless of a report linking him to the FAU job.
Ross Dellinger of Yahoo Sports activities was advised it is “not occurring” after ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Lewis “has emerged as a candidate” for the vacant head-coaching place at Florida Atlantic College.
Florida Atlantic fired Tom Herman on Monday amid a 2-8 begin to the season, together with an 0-6 report in convention play. Particular groups coordinator Chad Lunsford will coach the staff for the ultimate two video games of the 2024 marketing campaign because the athletic division begins the seek for a brand new head coach.
Schefter famous FAU was trying to observe the Deion Sanders mannequin when he was employed by Colorado to show across the program.
There are some key variations between the place Sanders was when he was first employed by Colorado and Lewis proper now.
Coach Prime had three years of head-coaching expertise at Jackson State from 2020 to ’22. He led a right away turnaround with that program, guiding the Tigers to 3 straight profitable seasons and back-to-back SWAC titles in his last two years.
Lewis has no earlier teaching expertise. He’s a legendary determine, significantly within the state of Florida the place he was born and performed three seasons on the College of Miami from 1993 to ’95.
After leaving the Hurricanes, Lewis was chosen by the Baltimore Ravens with the No. 26 general decide within the 1996 NFL draft. He had the most effective careers for a linebacker in league historical past, making the All-Professional first staff seven instances and profitable Defensive Participant of the 12 months twice in 17 seasons.
Herman went 6-16 in his two seasons at Florida Atlantic. The Owls have posted 4 consecutive dropping seasons and have not received greater than 5 video games in a 12 months since going 11-3 underneath Lane Kiffin in 2019.
