Falcons Dismiss Coach LaTroy Lewis Amid Assault Allegations

The Atlanta Falcons dismissed assistant defensive line coach LaTroy Lewis on Friday, just hours after acknowledging allegations of sexual assault against him that originated during his time at the University of Michigan.

Lewis, 32, had joined the Falcons' staff earlier this month after serving as defensive line coach at the University of Toledo in 2025. His tenure with the NFL team lasted only 17 days. The allegations, first detailed publicly on social media, involve a woman who claims she met Lewis through a dating app in July 2024, when he was an assistant defensive line coach at Michigan. According to reports, their interactions escalated through aggressive text messages and phone calls, despite never having met in person initially.

The woman alleges that the two met for the first time in December 2024 at an Ann Arbor hotel, where Lewis was supposed to return items she had sent him. During that encounter, she claims he raped and battered her. In a separate incident at her home in Milford, Michigan, neighbors reported hearing loud voices, prompting a police response. Officers noted an argument between Lewis and the woman, but she did not disclose the alleged physical assault...