Lonnie Galloway
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers |
| Team | North Carolina |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 11, 1971 Eden, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1993 | Western Carolina |
| 1995 | Charlotte Rage |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–2002 | Elon (QB/WR) |
| 2003–2004 | East Carolina (WR) |
| 2005–2007 | Appalachian State (Split Ends) |
| 2008–2010 | West Virginia (WR) |
| 2011–2012 | Wake Forest (WR/Co-PGC) |
| 2013–2015 | West Virginia (AHC/WR) |
| 2016–2018 | Louisville (Co-OC/WR) |
| 2019–2020 | North Carolina (WR) |
| 2021–present | North Carolina (AHC/WR) |
Alonzo "Lonnie" Galloway[1] (born March 11, 1971) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the Assistant Head Coach and Wide Receivers Coach at the University of North Carolina. He played college football at Western Carolina University, where he was a multi-year starting quarterback. He was inducted into the WCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015 for his playing career. A decorated coach as well, Galloway has mentored several top wide receivers during his time on the sidelines. During his time at Louisville, Galloway was involved in the now-infamous Wakeyleaks scandal, that involved opposing teams stealing plays from Wake Forest.[2]
Playing career[edit]
Galloway was a decorated, multi-year starting quarterback for Western Carolina. He lettered every year, and finished his Catamount career as the school's leader in total yards with 6,832.[1] His 5,545 passing yards are second-most in school history. As a junior, he led the nation in passing efficiency with a passer rating of 167.4. He earned SoCon Player of the Week honors three times, and was First Team All-SoCon in 1993.[1]
After spending a season with the Charlotte Rage of the Arena Football League, Galloway entered the coaching ranks.
Coaching career[edit]
Galloway began his coaching career at Elon in 1996, where he coached wide receivers and quarterbacks until 2002. With the Phoenix, he mentored Arketa Banks, who was a two time all-conference wide receiver in the SoCon.
He then moved to East Carolina, where he spent two seasons from 2003 to 2004. Pirates receiver Terrance Copper benefitted from the tutelage of Galloway. Copper earned all-conference honors for the C-USA in 2003 and set school records for receptions and single-season receiving yardage.
Galloway's next stop was Boone, where he was Split Ends coach for the Appalachian State teams that won three straight NCAA Division I-AA/FCS National Championships from 2005 to 2007. Three Mountaineer receivers earned All-America honors under Coach Galloway.
In 2008, he left Boone for his first stint in Morgantown as the West Virginia Mountaineers' wide receivers coach. During his first stint in Morgantown, the Mountaineers were co-Big East champions in 2010, and went to three straight bowl games. Following the 2010 season, he left for Wake Forest.
Galloway served as wide receivers coach and co-passing game coordinator for Wake Forest during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. In his first season with the Demon Deacons, Galloway coached wide receivers who gained 3,291 yards, a school record. WR Chris Givens led the ACC in receiving yards per game, and earned first team all-ACC honors after setting a school record for receiving yards.
He returned to West Virginia in 2013, where he stayed through 2015. In his second stint, he was also named the Mountaineers' Assistant Head Coach. NFL Draftees Kevin White and Mario Alford were mentored by Galloway and helped create prolific Mountaineer offenses.
In 2016, Galloway left West Virginia for Louisville, where he was the Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers coach. While at Louisville, Galloway made significant national headlines when it was revealed that he was one of the parties responsible for the Wakeyleaks scandal, which involved a former Wake Forest assistant stealing and leaking Wake Forest's plays to opposing teams.[3] Despite the scandal, Galloway's tenure continued, and the wide receivers he coached at Louisville helped to create some extremely prolific offenses, ranking in the top five in total offense for 2016 thanks in part to the play of the receivers and quarterback Lamar Jackson who won the Heisman Trophy that year.
He left Louisville after the 2018 season to take the wide receivers job with North Carolina, where he would coach under Mack Brown, who was hired for a second stint as Tar Heel head coach. In his three seasons as wide receivers coach for the Tar Heels, Galloway has tutored four 1,000 yard receivers, and two of them, Dyami Brown (1,000 yards in 2019 and 2020) and Dazz Newsome, were taken in the 2021 NFL Draft. Prior to the 2021 season, Galloway was promoted to Assistant Head Coach, while retaining his responsibility with the receivers. Wide receiver Josh Downs set single-season school records for receptions and receiving yards under Galloway in 2021.
Source: North Carolina Staff Bio[4]
Personal life[edit]
Galloway is married and has three children.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Alonzo "Lonnie" Galloway – Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame". CatamountSports.com. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ↑ Wolken, Dan (November 16, 2016). "Wake Forest investigates whether plays leaked to or stolen by Louisville". USA Today. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ↑ Arthurs, Jason (December 14, 2016). "An about-face: Louisville admits it received information from Elrod". Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Lonnie Galloway - Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers Coach". GoHeels.com. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
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- 1971 births
- People from Eden, North Carolina
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- Charlotte Rage players
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