Colorado OC Lewis called San Diego State coach

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterNov 29, 2023, 11:42 AM ET

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• Graduate of Northwestern University.San Diego State hired Sean Lewis, the Colorado offending planner and previous Kent State coach, as its new head coach on Wednesday.Lewis invested the 2023 season with coach Deion Sanders and Colorado, managing offending play calls for the very first eight games before former NFL coach Pat Shurmur took control of throughout the final month. Lewis, 37, developed his track record on high-tempo, vibrant offenses, which he used as an organizer at Syracuse, Bowling Green and Eastern Illinois before leading Kent State’s program from 2018 to 2022. At San Diego State, he will change Brady Hoke, who announced his retirement earlier this month.

  Hoke went 40-32 in two stints with the Aztecs, who went 4-8 this season, their worst mark given that 2009. Lewis will be presented at a press conference later Wednesday early morning.”[ Lewis] is a coach with tremendous skill and I’m looking forward to the excitement that his

  groups are going to create at Snapdragon Arena,”athletic director J.D. Wicker said in a declaration.”His approach stressing scholastic and life skills chances are equally crucial and will complement the student-athlete experience.”San Diego State focused on candidates with backgrounds in offense, sources said, after falling to 111th nationally in scoring this fall. Although the program is 117-62 considering that 2010 under Hoke and Rocky Long, the Aztecs are just 74th in scoring offense(27.8 PPG )throughout the span. San Diego State opened $310 million Snapdragon Arena for the start of the 2022 season.Lewis went 24-31 at Kent State however directed the group to its very first bowl win in 2019, after a 2-10 record the year before. Kent State went 3-1 throughout the COVID-shortened 2020 season, recording its first back-to-back winning records given that 1976 and 1977. Colorado’s offense started strong under Lewis, as quarterback Shedeur Sanders set a team record with 510 passing yards in the opening game at TCU. After ending up 126th nationally in scoring in

  2022, Colorado increased to 59th this season, despite some considerable challenges along its offending line.” Sean has shown that he can develop student professional athletes both on-and-off the field. On the field, he has a proven track record as a vibrant offending playcaller, and I eagerly anticipate seeing what he will do for our program in terms of recruitment,”San Diego State president Adela de la Torre stated in a statement.”He will certainly stimulate our fan base– a fan base made up of our trainees and their families, our faculty and staff, our donors, and nearly 500,000 living alumni. “