Damione Lewis named new DT coach

DMoney

Today at 11:10 AM 1 min read

Miami has its new DT coach. Damione Lewis, a star on the 2000 Hurricanes and first round pick of the St. Louis Rams, will be joining Miami's staff alongside DE coach Jason Taylor.

Lewis broke into coaching at FIU as the Panthers' Assistant Athletic Director of Football/Player Development. In 2020, Lewis joined Pete Carroll's staff on the Seattle Seahawks as DL/DT coach. This past season, he served as DL coach under Deion Sanders for the Colorado Buffaloes. Lewis made an immediate impact, as the team jumped from 66th to 9th nationally in sack percentage and from 95th to 37th in yards per rush against.

A 46-year-old native of Northeast Texas, Lewis played 141 games in the pros between the Rams, Panthers and Texans.

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MedleyCane

Today at 3:59 PM

SinisterCane said:
Your bringing up CU's Dline while leaving the fact that Sanders portal A LOT of players year to year, so maybe they had better players the year Lewis arrived

That's fair.
However, bottom-line the 2024 DLine performed at a higher level than prior year and, as we all know, this is a bottom-line business.
There are examples of teams or specific unit(s) of team having very good talent and not producing.
We know a little about these scenarios.
This thing about Mario hiring his people is overblown.
Most head coaches want to ensure the assistants are loyal to him first.

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Warrior808

Today at 4:02 PM

88 said:
As director of recruiting for FSU he should probably delete that now

Quick, screenshot and send to Dennis Smith for future use!

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canesbaby

Today at 4:05 PM

TheEye said:
Is he exempt from the “Miami Bro” hate?

Let's see how next season goes. The KB hire has gone pretty well also.

Angry Ibis

Today at 4:15 PM

MedleyCane said:
That's fair.
However, bottom-line the 2024 DLine performed at a higher level than prior year and, as we all know, this is a bottom-line business.
There are examples of teams or specific unit(s) of team having very good talent and not producing.
We know a little about these scenarios.
This thing about Mario hiring his people is overblown.
Most head coaches want to ensure the assistants are loyal to him first.

Mario's hiring and staff working together and/or solving clear problems is 1000% fair game given his first 3 seasons at Miami and the amount of staff turnover and scapegoating away from the HC.

CaneLos

Today at 5:11 PM

nickster said:
I am a parent and would not appreciate foul mouth Damion Lewis cursing his brains out to make his point. Verbally he seems like an extremely limited person. He was a great player for UM.

Invalid Username

Today at 5:23 PM

Sapp is a fat useless prick…don’t ever give that bum credit.

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smack99

Today at 5:35 PM

Hopefully he does something with the DT unit. Still not a believer in Taylor though as a coach. Edge unit was just as bad as the DTs last year.

JennStrawley’sBabyDaddy

Today at 5:44 PM

I choose to believe all the weak shoulder Nancie’s posting on here are Macedonian troll bots.

MedleyCane

Today at 5:54 PM

Angry Ibis said:
Mario's hiring and staff working together and/or solving clear problems is 1000% fair game given his first 3 seasons at Miami and the amount of staff turnover and scapegoating away from the HC.

It is fair game indeed.
But I judge each hiring on its own individual merits and as of now this looks like a good hire.
We'll see.

Angry Ibis

Today at 5:56 PM

MedleyCane said:
It is fair game indeed.
But I judge each hiring on its own individual merits and as of now this looks like a good hire.
We'll see.

I think the MariBro-isms or questions come from -- Is Corey Hetherman hiring Lewis anywhere other than at Miami? And if no, which is 100% likely, then why is he a good hire for us?

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JG14

Today at 5:57 PM

nickster said:
I am a parent and would not appreciate foul mouth Damion Lewis cursing his brains out to make his point. Verbally he seems like an extremely limited person. He was a great player for UM.

Go ahead and add pronouns to your username, bud

Hurracanes

Today at 6:01 PM

Da Jumbo Mutombo said:
Whats his history with defenses run?

Does he have experiencing running a Heatherman defensive scheme?

AlexCane

Today at 6:03 PM

I may be the lone dissenter. He's only been coaching for 5 years. I personally would like more seasoned coaches but I'll hope he's in the "up and coming" category. DT is such a vital position. If you want to compete at high level, really need talent and development at that spot. I'd probably be ok with younger coaches at RB and WR but I feel like DT play is more technique based (but what do I know).

Willy25

Today at 6:05 PM

I thought JT was going to handle the DL on his own?

Regardless, hope it works out. Let’s Go, Canes!

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bolivar

Today at 6:08 PM

Spring practice should be fun. New coaches and some new, talented players.

L A M P

Today at 6:10 PM

nickster said:
I am a parent and would not appreciate foul mouth Damion Lewis cursing his brains out to make his point. Verbally he seems like an extremely limited person. He was a great player for UM.

Meh. Not a cusser but it’s football. The only coach that I’ve ever known to honestly not cuss is Tony Dungy.

Disclaimer: I do cuss when golfing sometimes

JHallCanes

Today at 6:12 PM

Angry Ibis said:
Mario's hiring and staff working together and/or solving clear problems is 1000% fair game given his first 3 seasons at Miami and the amount of staff turnover and scapegoating away from the HC.

Yeah hopefully this move is more Beard and less…well everyone else ever

Today at 6:19 PM

nickster said:
I am a parent and would not appreciate foul mouth Damion Lewis cursing his brains out to make his point. Verbally he seems like an extremely limited person. He was a great player for UM.

RattlerCane305

Today at 6:26 PM

nickster said:
I am a parent and would not appreciate foul mouth Damion Lewis cursing his brains out to make his point. Verbally he seems like an extremely limited person. He was a great player for UM.

Tell me you’ve never played organized tackle football without telling me you’ve never played organized tackle football…