(This post has been updated with new information.)
Universities around the country have seen the success of Eddie George at Tennessee State and Deion Sanders at Colorado. They are looking to hop on the trend of hiring head coaches who lack experience at the highest level.
Adam Schefter reports that Ravens Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis is a candidate to land the head coaching job at Florida Atlantic University.
Following the Deion Sanders-to-Colorado model, Hall-of-Fame linebacker Ray Lewis has emerged as a candidate to become the next head coach at Florida Atlantic University, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/eZk8av3Vcc
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 20, 2024
Florida Atlantic recently fired head football coach Tom Herman. The Owls are in last place in the American Athletic Conference standings.
UPDATE: The Palm Beach Post reports that FAU is not planning to interview Lewis, according to a source in the sports department.
FAU was 6-16 during Herman’s two seasons and is 0-6 in the AAC this year. It is on a five-game losing streak.
Herman took the job as FAU was transitioning from Conference USA to the AAC and after the firing of coach Willie Taggart, who had been there three seasons. Chad Lunsford, the former head coach at Georgia Southern, will be the FAU interim coach.
FAU has won three conference championships in school history, including Conference USA in 2017 and 2019 under Lane Kiffin. Since then, FAU has had just one winning season and has endured four consecutive losing seasons.
Lewis, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Baltimore Ravens, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
Despite not having prior college coaching experience, he’s a fantastic leader and could be a great hire for a program looking for headlines and wins.
