The Atlanta Falcons fired assistant coach LaTroy Lewis on Friday, hours after the organization said it was looking into sexual assault allegations dating back to his years at the University of Michigan.
The team that hired him earlier this month issued a scathing 14-word statement on its website: “The Atlanta Falcons have dismissed assistant defensive backs coach LaTroy Lewis from his role.”
“We are aware of the allegations regarding LaTroy Lewis,” the Falcons added in a separate statement Friday before the tipoff. “We are in the process of gathering information and will not have further comment at this time.”
His bio on the team site was quickly scrubbed.
Lewis, who was hired on Feb. 10, was fired after podcast host Justin Spiro revealed that a woman accused the coach of assaulting her in separate incidents while on the University of Michigan staff in 2023-24.
When asked about Lewis, Ann Arbor police responded with an unnamed statement.
“The Ann Arbor Police Department recently became aware of allegations related to a sexual assault that occurred on December 5, 2024,” a police spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News.
“The AAPD Detective Bureau began an immediate investigation into the incident. This investigation is active and ongoing.”
Police said it is against department policy to release the name of a potential suspect until that person has been formally charged with a crime.
A direct message was sent to Lewis on social media seeking comment.
Lewis was on staff, as was Sharon Moore, who was a Wolverine assistant under Jim Harbaugh before taking control of the program in 2024.
Moore, who is married, was fired in December 2025 after allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. He then broke into that ex-lover’s home and threatened to kill himself, saying his “blood is on your hands,” prosecutors said Friday.
He was arrested and booked on suspicion of felony home invasion and two other misdemeanors.
Lewis, 32, has emerged as a rising star in the coaching ranks after spending just one season (2025) as the defensive line coach at the University of Toledo before jumping to the NFL. His Rockets were the MAC’s toughest run defenders and recorded the league’s most sacks.
During his playing days, Lewis was a linebacker at the University of Tennessee and then bounced around the NFL, doing time on the practice squads of the Oakland Raiders, Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans.
He got on the field with the Texans, playing in two contests in 2017, recording three tackles, one of which was a sack.
