Falcons fire assistant coach LaTroy Lewis after sexual assault allegation surfaces
The Atlanta Falcons have fired assistant defensive line coach LaTroy Lewis after sexual assault allegations surfaced Friday morning.
The team said in a statement Friday morning that it was “aware of the allegations regarding” Lewis and was “in the process of gathering information.” Hours later, the Falcons announced that Lewis had been released.
Lewis, 32, was hired by the Falcons under new coach Kevin Stefanski earlier this month after serving as defensive line coach at Toledo during the 2025 season. He previously spent several seasons as an assistant at Michigan. The sexual assault allegations stem from his time with the Wolverines, and the Ann Arbor Police Department confirmed to ESPN that it is investigating the allegations against Lewis.
After a college career at Tennessee, Lewis went undrafted in 2017 before having brief stints with the Oakland Raiders, Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans. His playing career ended after one season with the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL in 2020.
Lewis became coach at Akron in 2020 as a graduate assistant. He then spent a season at South Alabama and another at Wake Forest before joining then-Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s staff at Michigan ahead of the 2023 season.
