Osia Lewis

Osia Lewis (December 3, 1962 – May 31, 2020) was an American

professional arena football player who played four seasons in the Osia Lewis
Arena Football League with the Chicago Bruisers and Albany Position: Fullback /
Firebirds. He played college football at Oregon State University and Linebacker
attended Tucson High School in Tucson, Arizona.[1][2] Personal information
Born: December 3, 1962
Anchorage, Alaska
Contents Died: May 31, 2020
(aged 57)
College career Nashville,
Professional career Tennessee
Coaching career Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight: 235 lb (107 kg)
Death
Career information
References
High Tucson (AZ)
External links school:
College: Oregon State
College career Undrafted: 1986
Career history
Lewis was a four-year letterman for the Oregon State Beavers from As player:
1982 to 1985. He primarily played linebacker but also saw time at
quarterback, safety and wide receiver for the Beavers. As a senior in Chicago Bruisers (1987–1989)
1985, he was named the team's Most Inspirational Player, served as Albany Firebirds (1990)
team captain and earned All-Pac-10 and honorable mention All-
America honors by the Associated Press. Lewis set school records As coach:
for single-season defensive points, season fumble recoveries with
Western Oregon State (1989–
four and career fumble recoveries with eight.[3]
1990) (Assistant)
Oregon State (1991–1996)
Professional career (LB/ST)
Illinois (1997–2000) (DL)
Lewis played for the Chicago Bruisers from 1987 to 1989, earning
Second Team All-Arena honors in 1988.[4] He played for the Albany Illinois (2001–2002) (LB)
Firebirds in 1990.[4] New Mexico (2003–2005)
(DC/DL)
Coaching career New Mexico (2006–2007)
(DC/LB)
Lewis was an assistant coach for the Western Oregon Wolves of UTEP (2008–2009) (DC)
Western Oregon State College from 1989 to 1990.[5] He served as an
Hartford Colonials (2010) (DC)
assistant coach for the Oregon State Beavers of Oregon State
University, working with linebackers and special teams from 1991 San Diego State (2011–2015)
to 1996.[5] He was defensive line coach for the Illinois Fighting (DL)
Illini of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1997
to 2000 before serving as linebackers coach from 2001 to 2002.[5]
Lewis was defensive coordinator of the New Mexico Lobos of the Vanderbilt (2016–2020)
University of New Mexico from 2003 to 2007 while also serving (SDA/OLB)
stints as defensive line and linebacker coach.[5] He served as
defensive coordinator of the UTEP Miners of the University of Career highlights and awards
Texas at El Paso from 2008 to 2009.[5] He was defensive
coordinator of the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League Second Team All-Arena
in 2010.[5] Lewis served as defensive line coach of the San Diego (1988)
State Aztecs of San Diego State University from 2011 to Player stats at ArenaFan.com (ht
2015.[5][6][7] In February 2016, he joined the Vanderbilt tp://www.arenafan.com/players/
Commodores of Vanderbilt University as a senior defensive assistant 961/)
and outside linebackers coach.[8]

Death
Lewis died May 31, 2020 from liver cancer. He was 57 years old.[9]

References
1. "Osia Lewis" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150101152044/http://www.golobos.com/ViewArticl
e.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26000&ATCLID=209093952). golobos.com. Archived from the original
(http://www.golobos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26000&ATCLID=209093952) on
January 1, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
2. "Mary Lewis, 67, `dream team' mom" (https://www.webcitation.org/6VG6lWSxv).
tucsoncitizen.com. December 19, 1995. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015.
Retrieved December 31, 2014.
3. "Osia Lewis" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150101152046/http://www.utepathletics.com/sport
s/m-footbl/mtt/lewis_osia00.html). utepathletics.com. Archived from the original (http://www.ute
pathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/lewis_osia00.html) on January 1, 2015. Retrieved
December 31, 2014.
4. "Osia Lewis" (http://www.arenafan.com/players/Osia_Lewis-961/). arenafan.com. Retrieved
December 31, 2014.
5. "Osia Lewis" (https://web.archive.org/web/20141026064246/http://www.goaztecs.com/sports/m
-footbl/bio-Lewis-Osia.html). goaztecs.com. Archived from the original (http://www.goaztecs.co
m/sports/m-footbl/bio-Lewis-Osia.html) on October 26, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
6. Goe, Ken (December 11, 2014). "San Diego State's Osia Lewis says he interviewed at Oregon
State; praises Gary Andersen" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150101152054/http://www.oreg
onlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2014/12/san_diego_states_osia_lewis_sa.html). oregonlive.com.
Archived from the original (http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2014/12/san_diego_st
ates_osia_lewis_sa.html) on January 1, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2014.}
7. Evans, Thayer (February 10, 2016). "Source: San Diego State DL coach Osia Lewis to join
Vanderbilt" (https://web.archive.org/web/20160712001839/http://www.si.com/college-football/2
016/02/10/vanderbilt-hires-osia-lewis-defensive-line-coach-san-diego-state). si.com. Retrieved
July 11, 2016.
8. "Osia Lewis joins Commodores as senior defensive assistant, outside LBs coach" (https://web.
archive.org/web/20160712002002/http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/02
2416aab.html). vucommodores.com. February 24, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
9. Daschel, Nick (May 31, 2020). "Osia Lewis, former Oregon State linebacker, coach, dies from
cancer at 57" (https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2020/05/osia-lewis-former-oregon-state-lin
ebacker-coach-dies-from-cancer-at-57.html). Oregonlive.com. The Oregonian. Retrieved
May 31, 2020.
External links
Just Sports Stats (http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=lewisosi001
&recsort=6)

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