{"id":782026,"date":"2026-02-28T11:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/782026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:14:23","slug":"former-michigan-wolverines-coach-latroy-lews-fired-by-atlanta-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/782026\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Michigan Wolverines coach LaTroy Lews fired by Atlanta Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 27, 2026, 7:28 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/big-ten\/michigan\" data-autotag=\"7486d128-75f4-45be-b2b5-4b606695e640\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Michigan Wolverines<\/a> staffer LaTroy Lewis has been fired by the Atlanta Falcons. The dismissal came shortly after a report that Lewis sexually assaulted a woman in 2024 when he was at Michigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F48055596%2Ffalcons-assistant-latroy-lewis-fired-amid-sexual-assault-allegations&amp;xcust=SC1-SUOM&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwolverineswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Fwolverines%2Ffootball%2F2026%2F02%2F27%2Fmichigan-football-latroy-lewis-fired-atlanta-falcons%2F88907891007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> has since reported that the Ann Arbor Police Department is investigating the allegations, which are from an incident that occurred on Dec. 5, 2024. Paul Corliss, the University of Michigan&#8217;s assistant vice president of public affairs, released a statement to Tony Garcia of the Detroit Free Press on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThese allegations are deeply concerning,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealTonyGarcia\/status\/2027464770870247893\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Corliss said<\/a>. &#8220;As we have noted, the University launched an investigation of the circumstances and conduct leading to Sherrone Moore\u2019s firing, as well as a broader culture review of the Athletic Department. We continue to urge anyone with relevant information to reach out to the law firm conducting the investigation at umconcerns@jenner.com. The work is ongoing, and we will be able to share more when it is completed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Lewis came to Michigan in 2022, joining Jim Harbaugh&#8217;s coaching staff as a graduate assistant. He was then named a defensive analyst in 2024, according to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latroy-lewis-9671a8133\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>. He left following the 2024 season, serving as Toledo&#8217;s defensive line coach in 2025 before being hired by the Atlanta Falcons as an assistant defensive line coach on Feb. 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 27, 2026, 7:28 p.m. ET Former Michigan Wolverines staffer LaTroy Lewis has been fired by the Atlanta&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[95878,223,254,2554,224,7,6,110728,96358,95882,96027,98523,95942,103257,98267,98266,95897,99814,96071,95884,95883,101764,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-782026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-atlantafalcons","12":"tag-falcons","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportscollegewolverinesfootball","16":"tag-sstsnfootball","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcollege-sports","19":"tag-tagcrime-justice","20":"tag-tagjim-harbaugh","21":"tag-tagmichigan","22":"tag-tagmichigan-wolverines","23":"tag-tagmichigan-wolverines-football","24":"tag-tagoverall-negative","25":"tag-tagsherrone-moore","26":"tag-tagsmg-timely","27":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-tagviolence-abuse","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}