Corridor of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis is a possible candidate to fill the head-coaching emptiness at Florida Atlantic, in keeping with an ESPN report.
No formal communication or interview has taken place as of Wednesday morning, in keeping with CBS Sports activities.
Second-year coach Tom Herman was fired Monday after going 6-16 in his quick tenure on the Boca Raton faculty.
Lewis, 49, received two Tremendous Bowls throughout a storied 17-year profession with the Baltimore Ravens, who picked him within the first spherical of the 1996 NFL Draft. He is a 13-time Professional Bowler and seven-time First-team All-Professional who was elected to the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame in 2018.
Amongst different NFL data, Lewis has essentially the most tackles and most solo tackles in league historical past and is the one NFL participant to have at the least 40 profession sacks and 30 profession interceptions.
Nevertheless, Lewis has no teaching expertise on the professional or collegiate stage.
In accordance with ESPN, a rent of Ray Lewis might be modeled after the success of Deion Sanders, one other Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame defender who was employed on the collegiate stage with no teaching expertise. In two seasons on the helm of the Colorado Buffaloes, Sanders has led the group from a 1-11 report earlier than his arrival to preventing for spot within the Huge 12 title recreation with an 8-2 report (6-1 Huge 12). He beforehand coached at Jackson State.
Since his retirement from the NFL, Lewis has labored in a number of media positions, together with a number of years for ESPN.
Lewis grew up in Lakeland, Fla., and performed two seasons of school soccer at Miami.
–Subject Stage Media
