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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 informed 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 file 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 seeking to comply with 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 direct turnaround with that program, guiding the Tigers to a few straight successful seasons and back-to-back SWAC titles in his remaining 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 among the finest careers for a linebacker in league historical past, making the All-Professional first staff seven occasions and successful Defensive Participant of the Yr 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 yr since going 11-3 below Lane Kiffin in 2019.
