Corridor of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis is a possible candidate to fill the head-coaching emptiness at Florida Atlantic, in line with an ESPN report.
No formal communication or interview has taken place as of Wednesday morning, in line with CBS Sports activities.
Second-year coach Tom Herman was fired Monday after going 6-16 in his brief tenure on the Boca Raton faculty.
Lewis, 49, gained 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 information, Lewis has probably the most tackles and most solo tackles in league historical past and is the one NFL participant to have not less than 40 profession sacks and 30 profession interceptions.
Nevertheless, Lewis has no teaching expertise on the professional or collegiate degree.
Based on ESPN, a rent of Ray Lewis could possibly be modeled after the success of Deion Sanders, one other Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame defender who was employed on the collegiate degree with no teaching expertise. In two seasons on the helm of the Colorado Buffaloes, Sanders has led the group from a 1-11 file earlier than his arrival to preventing for spot within the Large 12 title recreation with an 8-2 file (6-1 Large 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 faculty soccer at Miami.
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