Report: Former Alabama player, ex-South Carolina DC named interim head coach at Louisville
By Adam Spencer
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Former Alabama player Lorenzo Ward began his coaching career in 1991 as a grad assistant at Alabama before moving on to Chattanooga.
Since then, he’s been around the southeast, even spending some time in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders, but now he’ll get his first shot as a head coach.
According to a report on Sunday afternoon, Ward will serve as the interim coach at Louisville following the firing of Bobby Petrino:
Source: Lorenzo Ward will be the interim coach at Louisville.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) November 11, 2018
Ward had been serving as Louisville’s secondary coach. He also has experience as a South Carolina assistant from 2009 to 2015, getting some time as the team’s defensive coordinator.
Ward’s task over the final two weeks of the regular season? Find a way to beat either NC State or Kentucky — both teams that are ranked in the current College Football Playoff rankings.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
