Former Colorado football OC Sean Lewis speaks on moving on from Buffs to SDSU
Former Colorado football offensive coordinator Sean Lewis is happy about being at San Diego State back in a head coaching role, but he didn't downplay any stop in his past while speaking to reporters at Mountain West Media Days.
"What's not to love?" Lewis said of taking the Aztecs job (h/t CBS Sports). "Quality of life, professional growth, unbelievable opportunity, it was a no brainer. Every single time I talked with [SDSU athletic director John David Wicker] and we went through this process, I kept hoping I'd get another callback.
"Every single opportunity I've had, every chair I've sat in, I've been able to learn and grow from that. There's very real value. To be at a spot at CU last year, there's the media attention, there's the spotlight, there's the NIL, there's the reality TV show, there's all of it. It challenges you to think about all the things that are important within the program that have helped me grow as a coach and as a man."
Former Colorado football OC Sean Lewis's Buffs offense criticized by Shedeur Sanders
Lewis constructed a Colorado offense that had early bursts in 2023 -- four of the first seven games of the season saw the Buffs go over 40 points -- but ultimately fell apart; leading to Pat Shurmur's promotion to co-OC.
Shedeur Sanders claimed that there were too many choice routes in Lewis's offense.
"There was a lot of times last year where we had choice routes and different stuff like that to where, I can't anticipate anything," Sanders said. "Now I'm, half a second, holding it longer. I never blame anything on the linemen because it's just always something I could've done better. But, the indecisiveness of not knowing what they're going to do...that just wasn't my style of play, I'll say."
Shedeur's input was likely the last straw for Lewis, but after being a head coach at Kent State, it was likely Lewis would become a head coach again. Enter San Diego State, where he has a chance to elevate the Aztecs to the Power 4 in an era of mass conference realignment.