{"id":784409,"date":"2026-03-01T13:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/784409\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T13:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:41:36","slug":"ex-michigan-football-assistant-fired-by-falcons-after-sex-assault-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/784409\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Michigan football assistant fired by Falcons after sex assault allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(AP MODIFIED) \u2014 Former University of Michigan assistant football coach LaTroy Lewis has been fired by the Atlanta Falcons, the Falcons confirmed to 7 News Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>The firing comes following sexual assault allegations that recently surfaced connected to his time in Ann Arbor, the AP reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-center\">Watch the video report below:<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Michigan football assistant fired by Falcons after sex assault allegations<\/p>\n<p>Lewis, 32, served as a graduate assistant for the 2022 season at the University of Michigan before becoming the assistant defensive line coach for the next two seasons. <\/p>\n<p>Lewis spent the 2025 season as the defensive line coach at Toledo before being hired by the Falcons earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are aware of allegations regarding LaTroy Lewis,&#8221; the Falcons told the Associated Press in a statement on Friday before making the move to fire Lewis. \u201cWe are in the process of gathering information and will have no further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lewis coached under former Michigan coaches Sherrone Moore and Jim Harbaugh. Moore was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michigan-sherrone-moore-5bbef9c47eb0a4048818e80c443a9767\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fired<\/a> in December after having an inappropriate relationship with a staff member and charged with three crimes, including felony home invasion and stalking.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore arraigned on 3 charges, including home invasion<\/p>\n<p>The University of Michigan released the following statement to 7 News Detroit regarding the allegations: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese allegations are deeply concerning. 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>The Ann Arbor Police Department released the following statement and told 7 News Detroit they do not publicly name individuals unless they are formally charged with a crime:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ann Arbor Police Department was just recently made aware of allegations regarding a sexual assault reported to have occurred on December 5, 2024. The AAPD Detective Bureau launched an immediate investigation into the incident. This investigation remains active and ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(AP MODIFIED) \u2014 Former University of Michigan assistant football coach LaTroy Lewis has been fired by the Atlanta&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[4495,223,254,2554,4496,224,7,44595,6,110974,4497],"class_list":["post-784409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-falcons","tag-7-action-news-sports","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlantafalcons","tag-detroit-sports","tag-falcons","tag-football","tag-latroy-lewis","tag-nfl","tag-university-of-michigan-football","tag-wxyz-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116154209736303803","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784409","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=784409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}