Lindsey Lamar (born September 19, 1990) is an American

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coach and former

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. He is the running backs coach for the

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, a position he has held since 2024. He played college football at the

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States, and other campuses in St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, ...

. He played for the

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of the

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Early and college

Lamar attended Hillsborough High School in

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. Lamar played for the

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from 2009 to 2012. He earned first-team All-

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and Big East Special Teams Player of the Year honors in 2010.

Professional career

Lamar was signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on May 29, 2013. Lamar had a 104-yard kick return touchdown in his CFL debut on June 28, 2013, against the

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. He was named Special Teams Player of the Week for Week One of the

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. He was released by the Tiger-Cats on September 10, 2014.

Coaching career

In 2015, Lamar joined

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as a

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. In 2017, he was promoted to the special assistant to the head coach. In 2019, he became an offensive

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. In 2020, Lamar was hired as the

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coach for

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. In 2023, he was promoted to

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator (OC) is a Coach (sport), coach responsible for a gridiron football team's offense (American football), offense. Generally, the offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator represent the second ...

. In 2024, Lamar was hired as the

running backs A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. There a ...

coach for

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Personal life

Lamar's cousin, Nigel Harris, also played college football at South Florida.

References

External links

Pittsburgh profile

Howard profile

South Florida profileStats Crew profile
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