San Diego State hires Colorado OC Sean Lewis as head coach

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Sean Lewis came to Colorado from Kent State. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) (Dustin Bradford via Getty Images)

San Diego State has found its replacement for Brady Hoke.

SDSU announced Wednesday that it has hired Colorado offensive coordinator Sean Lewis as head coach. It will be the second head-coaching job for Lewis, who left Kent State after the 2022 season to join Deion Sanders’ staff at Colorado.

SDSU was in the market for a new coach after Hoke announced his retirement. Hoke spent six seasons over two stints at SDSU but the Aztecs had slid from 12-2 in 2021 to 7-6 a season ago and 4-8 in 2023.

“I am thrilled to welcome Sean Lewis and his family to San Diego State University,” San Diego State AD John David Wicker said. “He is a coach with immense talent and I’m looking forward to the excitement that his teams are going to generate at Snapdragon Stadium. His approach emphasizing academic and life skills opportunities are equally important and will complement the student-athlete experience.”

Lewis, 37, was the head coach at Kent State from 2018-22 and the Golden Flashes made two bowl games in his time with the school. After a 2-10 season in 2018, Kent State improved by five games to go to a bowl game for the first time since 2012.

Kent State then made the MAC title game in 2021 and went to another bowl game before going 5-7 in 2022. Before Lewis’ arrival, Kent State had losing records in 11 of its previous 12 seasons and had played in three bowl games in program history. Overall, Lewis had a 24-31 (19-17 MAC) record with one MAC East title with the Golden Flashes.

Kent State became known for a high-powered uptempo offense in Lewis’ tenure and that was a big reason why he was hired to be Sanders’ offensive coordinator after the Pro Football Hall of Famer took the Colorado job.

And Colorado’s offense got…

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Publish date : 2023-11-29 16:07:42

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