Coaches
Lorenzo Ward
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Lorenzo Ward
Played at Alabama 1986-1989 · alma mater (CFBD): Alabama
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Alabama | GA | GA | not known |
| 1994-1998 | Chattanooga | Position | DB | not known |
| 1999-2005 | Virginia Tech | Position | DB | Frank Beamer |
| 2006-2007 | Oakland Raiders (pro) | ST coord. | ST/assistant DB | not known |
| 2008 | Arkansas | Position | DB | Bobby Petrino |
| 2009-2010 | South Carolina | Position | DB | Steve Spurrier |
| 2011 | South Carolina | Position | CB | Steve Spurrier |
| 2012-2015 | South Carolina | DC | DC✓ | Steve Spurrier (2012-2015), Shawn Elliott (2015) |
| 2016 | Fresno State | DC | DC✓ | Tim DeRuyter |
| 2017-2018 | Louisville | Position | AHC/DB | Bobby Petrino (2017) |
| 2018 | Louisville | Head coachinterim | interim HC | not known |
| 2019-2023 | Chattanooga (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2021-2024 | Chattanooga | DC | Defensive coordinator · season pages | not known |
| 2024- | Clemson (unknown) | Other | special assistant | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | South Carolina | Defensive coordinator | 9 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 124 |
| 2013 | South Carolina | Defensive coordinator | 61 | 27 | 61 | 9 | 125 |
| 2014 | South Carolina | Defensive coordinator | 102 | 101 | 115 | 61 | 128 |
| 2015 | South Carolina | Co-defensive coordinator | 111 | 86 | 110 | 102 | 128 |
| 2016 | Fresno State | Defensive coordinator | 97 | 78 | 117 | 116 | 128 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Louisville | 0-2 (2 of 12) | - → - | 117 | 127 | -9.1 | 62% wins | 130 |
Worked under
- Frank Beamer · Virginia Tech 1999-2005 (Position)
- Bobby Petrino · Arkansas 2008 (Position)
- Steve Spurrier · South Carolina 2009-2015 (DC, Position)
- Shawn Elliott · South Carolina 2015 (DC)
- Tim DeRuyter · Fresno State 2016 (DC)
- Bobby Petrino · Louisville 2017 (Other, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 7
- Brian VanGorder · Louisville 2018 (DC)
- Grady Brown · Louisville 2018 (Position)
- Kolby Smith · Louisville 2018 (Position)
- Lonnie Galloway · Louisville 2018 (OC)
- Mike Summers · Louisville 2018 (OC)
- Nick Petrino · Louisville 2018 (Position)
- Ryan Beard* · Louisville 2018 (Other)
Level 2: on their staffs · 2
- L. D. Scott · Missouri State 2025 (DC) · under Ryan Beard
- L. D. Scott · Coastal Carolina 2026 (DC) · under Ryan Beard
Coached together
- Ellis Johnson · Alabama 1991 · him GA, them Position
- Buddy Green · Chattanooga 1994-1998 · him Position, them Head coach
- Shane Montgomery · Chattanooga 1994-1998 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Rusty Wright · Chattanooga 1996-2024 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, Other
- Donnie Kirkpatrick · Chattanooga 1998 · him Position, them OC
- Bryan Stinespring · Virginia Tech 1999-2005 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Bud Foster · Virginia Tech 1999-2005 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Frank Beamer · Virginia Tech 1999-2005 · him Position, them Head coach
- Rickey Bustle · Virginia Tech 1999-2001 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Kevin Rogers · Virginia Tech 2002-2005 · him Position, them Position
- Bobby Petrino · Arkansas 2008 · him Position, them Head coach
- Chip Long · Arkansas 2008 · him Position, them GA
- Garrick McGee · Arkansas 2008 · him Position, them Position
- Kirk Botkin · Arkansas 2008 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Paul Petrino · Arkansas 2008 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Willy Robinson · Arkansas 2008 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Ellis Johnson · South Carolina 2009-2011 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- G. A. Mangus · South Carolina 2009-2015 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Shane Beamer*+ · South Carolina 2009-2010 · him Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Steve Spurrier · South Carolina 2009-2015 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Steve Spurrier Jr. · South Carolina 2009-2015 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Shawn Elliott · South Carolina 2010-2015 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, OC, Other, Position
- John Butler · South Carolina 2011 · him Position, them Position
- Grady Brown · South Carolina 2012-2015 · him DC, them Position
- Kirk Botkin · South Carolina 2012-2015 · him DC, them Position
- Jon Hoke · South Carolina 2015 · him DC, them DC, Position
- Eric Kiesau · Fresno State 2016 · him DC, them Head coach, OC, Other
- Jordan Peterson · Fresno State 2016 · him DC, them Position
- Tim DeRuyter · Fresno State 2016 · him DC, them Head coach
- Bobby Petrino · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Head coach, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Kolby Smith · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Head coach, Other, Position, them Position
- Lonnie Galloway · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Head coach, Other, Position, them OC
- Mike Summers · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Head coach, Other, Position, them OC
- Nick Petrino · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Head coach, Other, Position, them Position
- Peter Sirmon · Louisville 2017 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Ryan Beard* · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Head coach, Other, Position, them Other
- Brian VanGorder · Louisville 2018 · him Head coach, Other, Position, them DC
- Grady Brown · Louisville 2018 · him Head coach, Other, Position, them Position
- Jacob Huesman · Chattanooga 2021-2022 · him DC, them Position
- Joe Pizzo · Chattanooga 2021-2024 · him DC, them OC
- Mike Yeager · Chattanooga 2021-2024 · him DC, them DC, Position, ST coord.