Bowling Green State University Athletics
Eric Lewis Named Cornerbacks Coach
February 25, 2020 | Football
Bowling Green, Ohio – Bowling Green State University head coach Scot Loeffler has named Eric Lewis as an assistant coach, overseeing the cornerbacks. Lewis replaces LaMarcus Hicks, who coached the secondary for the past two years.
Lewis joins Bowling Green following a stint coaching the defensive backs at Boston College. He has 17 years of collegiate and NFL experience.
As the defensive backs coach at Colorado State in 2018, Lewis helped the team improve 28 spots nationally in pass defense. He was a quality control assistant at Tennessee in 2017 after spending the 2015-16 seasons at Georgia State. While at Georgia State, Lewis' 2016 secondary ranked sixth in the NCAA in passing efficiency defense and eighth in passing defense, while allowing the fewest passing touchdowns in FBS (8). In 2015, his Georgia State team was the most improved defense in the country in terms of scoring defense (allowing 15 points per game fewer than the previous season), rush defense and passing defense efficiency.
Lewis also has experience in the Mid-American Conference as he coached the secondary at Buffalo in 2014 as well as serving as defensive coordinator at Eastern Michigan in 2009. He also coached at Ball State, overseeing the safeties from 2003-05. In his lone season at EMU, Lewis' team allowed just 150.1 yards per game passing, the fewest yards allowed in the nation.
He held the defensive coordinator position at Weber State from 2012-13. Prior to his time in Ypsilanti with EMU, he was the cornerbacks coach at Louisville for a season. Lewis spent two years (2006-07) with the Green Bay Packers as a Defensive Quality Control Coach. Lewis has also served as the defensive backs coach at Bucknell and was a graduate assistant at Michigan State.
Lewis earned his bachelor's degree in business administration (finance) from San Diego State, having played for the Aztecs from 1994-98. He was a 2014 inductee into the St. Francis High School Hall of Fame. Lewis was a four-year starter at San Diego State and finished as the Aztecs' all-time leader in career pass breakups.
He is the son of long-time college and NFL coach Sherman Lewis. He is married to Elizabeth and the couple has two children – Taylor and Harper.
COACHING CAREER
2019: Boston College, Defensive Backs
2018: Colorado State, Cornerbacks
2017: Tennessee, Quality Control Assistant
2015-16: Georgia State, Secondary/Special Teams Coordinator
2014: Buffalo, Secondary
2012-13: Weber State, Defensive Coordinator
2009: Eastern Michigan, Defensive Coordinator
2008: Louisville, Cornerbacks
2006-07: Green Bay Packers, Defensive Quality Control
2003-05: Ball State, Safeties
2002: Bucknell, Defensive Backs
2001: Michigan State, Graduate Assistant
Lewis joins Bowling Green following a stint coaching the defensive backs at Boston College. He has 17 years of collegiate and NFL experience.
As the defensive backs coach at Colorado State in 2018, Lewis helped the team improve 28 spots nationally in pass defense. He was a quality control assistant at Tennessee in 2017 after spending the 2015-16 seasons at Georgia State. While at Georgia State, Lewis' 2016 secondary ranked sixth in the NCAA in passing efficiency defense and eighth in passing defense, while allowing the fewest passing touchdowns in FBS (8). In 2015, his Georgia State team was the most improved defense in the country in terms of scoring defense (allowing 15 points per game fewer than the previous season), rush defense and passing defense efficiency.
Lewis also has experience in the Mid-American Conference as he coached the secondary at Buffalo in 2014 as well as serving as defensive coordinator at Eastern Michigan in 2009. He also coached at Ball State, overseeing the safeties from 2003-05. In his lone season at EMU, Lewis' team allowed just 150.1 yards per game passing, the fewest yards allowed in the nation.
He held the defensive coordinator position at Weber State from 2012-13. Prior to his time in Ypsilanti with EMU, he was the cornerbacks coach at Louisville for a season. Lewis spent two years (2006-07) with the Green Bay Packers as a Defensive Quality Control Coach. Lewis has also served as the defensive backs coach at Bucknell and was a graduate assistant at Michigan State.
Lewis earned his bachelor's degree in business administration (finance) from San Diego State, having played for the Aztecs from 1994-98. He was a 2014 inductee into the St. Francis High School Hall of Fame. Lewis was a four-year starter at San Diego State and finished as the Aztecs' all-time leader in career pass breakups.
He is the son of long-time college and NFL coach Sherman Lewis. He is married to Elizabeth and the couple has two children – Taylor and Harper.
COACHING CAREER
2019: Boston College, Defensive Backs
2018: Colorado State, Cornerbacks
2017: Tennessee, Quality Control Assistant
2015-16: Georgia State, Secondary/Special Teams Coordinator
2014: Buffalo, Secondary
2012-13: Weber State, Defensive Coordinator
2009: Eastern Michigan, Defensive Coordinator
2008: Louisville, Cornerbacks
2006-07: Green Bay Packers, Defensive Quality Control
2003-05: Ball State, Safeties
2002: Bucknell, Defensive Backs
2001: Michigan State, Graduate Assistant
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