The Atlanta Falcons plan to hire LaTroy Lewis as their defensive line coach, according to a report late Wednesday from CBS Sports.
Defensive line coach LaTroy Lewis apparently is leaving head coach Jason Candle’s first staff at UConn, even before the spring game.
Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reported late Monday that Lewis is expected to be hired by the Atlanta Falcons as their assistant defensive line coach.
Lewis, 32, was one of 15 assistant coaches announced by UConn on Jan. 2. At least 10 of them have ties to Toledo, where Candle spent 10 seasons as head coach before accepting the UConn job in early December.
Candle replaces Jim Mora, who left UConn after back-to-back nine-win seasons to become the head coach at Colorado State.
The LaTroy Lewis file
In his college days, Lewis was a defensive lineman at Tennessee. As a senior in 2016, he had a career-high in tackles (36), tackles for loss (4.0) and sacks (2.5).
He was a part of three consecutive Volunteers teams that played in a bowl game – and won. He graduated from Tennessee in 2017.
Undrafted, Lewis was off and on NFL practice squads for two seasons. He played in two games for the Houston Texans in 2017, making three tackles and recording one sack.
Lewis entered the coaching field in 2020, serving as a graduate assistant for Akron, his hometown team. He went on to work as a grad assistant at South Alabama, as a special teams assistant at Wake Forest, a grad assistant and then assistant defensive line coach at Michigan. He was part of the team that won the national championship in the 2023 season.
He joined Candle’s staff at Toledo as defensive line coach before the 2025 season.
Coaching roster
Here’s the list of the other coaches who were announced at UConn last month.
Nunzio Campanile, offensive coordinator
Ryan Manalac, defensive coordinator
Pat Cashmore, special teams coordinator
Robert Weiner, assistant head coach and special assistant
Max Wray, tight ends
Kerry Dixon, wide receivers
Nate Cole, running backs
John Morookian, offensive line
Marquel Blackwell, quarterbacks and co-offensive coordinator
Jasper “Junior” Collins, assistant wide receivers coach
Rod Chance, cornerbacks coach, passing game coordinator
Daryl Ely, assistant defensive backs coach
Rod Chance, cornerbacks and assistant defensive backs coach
Brooks Jenkins, assistant defensive line coach.
The 2026 schedule
The full 2026 schedule has yet to be announced, but the home schedule is in. The Huskies will play seven games at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford:
Sept. 5: Lafayette
Sept. 12: Maryland
Oct. 3: Syracuse
Oct. 24: UMass
Nov. 7: North Carolina
Nov. 14: James Madison
Nov. 21: Old Dominion
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