Eastern Michigan Athletics
Football
Sep 20 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
- Email:
- eric.lewis@emich.edu
- Phone:
- 734.487.2160
Eric Lewis, the defensive cornerbacks coach at the University of Louisville in 2008, has been named the defensive coordinator /defensive backs coach for the Eastern Michigan University football team, new Head Coach Ron English announced today, Jan. 12.
Prior to his year on the Louisville staff Lewis was an assistant coach with the Green Bay Packers of the NFL where he served as an assistant to defensive coaches Lionel Washington and Kurt Schottenheimer.
Lewis also spent three years as an assistant coach in the Mid-American Conference, serving as the secondary coach at Ball State University from 2003-05. He was also an assistant coach at Bucknell (2002) and a graduate assistant coach at Michigan State (2001).
The 33-year-old Lewis is a 1998 graduate of San Diego State University where he was a four-year starter for the Aztecs. He earned All-Western Athletic Conference second-team honors as a senior. An honorable mention All-WAC pick in 1995, Lewis completed his college career as the Aztec’s all-time leader in pass breakups.
A native of Lansing, Mich., Lewis is the son of Michigan State University all-time great Sherman Lewis, a 22-year NFL coaching veteran. Eric went on to grow up in Sunnyvale, Calif. where he graduated from St. Francis High School in 1994 before attending San Diego State.
He began his coaching career at St. Augustine H.S. in San Diego as a receivers coach during the spring football season in 2000. He then spent two years as a financial consultant at Morgan Stanley in San Diego and then with Smith Barney in Boston, Mass. before returning to the collegiate coaching ranks at Michigan State.
Lewis and his wife, the former Sara Harper have a daughter, Taylor (2).
The Eric Lewis File
Name: Eric Lewis
Born: Jan. 2, 1976 - Lansing, Mich.
High School: St. Francis H.S. (Mountain View, Calif.)
College: San Diego State University - Bachelor’s degree in finance - 1998
Family: Wife: Sara (Harper); Daughter: Taylor (2 years old)
Coaching Experience
Year School Position Record-Highlights
2008 University of Louisville Asst. Coach-Defensive corners 5-7; Total defense and rushing defense ranked in the top 10 nationally for 10 of 12 games
2007 Green Bay Packers-NFL Asst. Coach-Defensive Quality Control
2006 Green Bay Packers-NFL Asst. Coach-Defensive Quality Control
2005 Ball State University Asst. Coach-Defensive backs
2004 Ball State University Asst. Coach-Defensive backs
2003 Ball State University Asst. Coach-Defensive backs
2002 Bucknell University Asst. Coach-Defensive backs
2001 Michigan State University Graduate Asst. Coach-Defense Silicon Valley Bowl
2000 St. Augustine (Calif.) H.S. Asst. Coach-Wide receivers
