Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant looks ready to take next coaching step

Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach and longtime NFL wide receiver Greg Lewis is the latest potential candidate to earn an interview to be the next offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints.

NFL reporter Tom Pelissero notes that Lewis has an interview on Tuesday as Dennis Allen continues to fill out new roles on his staff following a disappointing season.

Lewis had an 8-year career as a wide receiver from 2003-2010, mostly with the Eagles with Andy Reid as his head coach. In his career, he caught 152 passes for 1,992 yards and 8 touchdowns. He spent his final two seasons with the Minnesota Vikings through 2010 before transitioning to be a positional coach for the University of San Diego (not to be confused with San Diego State).

The New Orleans Saints are kicking the tires on Greg Lewis as a potential OC.

As for the Saints current search, other names on the list include Houston Texans quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson, former Vikings OC Klint Kubiak, San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks coach Brian Griese, Philadelphia Eagles QB coach Brian Johnson, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks coach Mike Sullivan, and more. The team recently fired Pete Carmichael after several years in the role as part of several coaching changes.

It should be noted that this would not be Lewis's first role with the Saints. In fact, he got his NFL coaching start as an offensive assistant with the team back in 2015. From there, he was hired away by the Philadelphia Eagles to coach the team's wide receivers in 2016.

After Philly decided to press the reset button on its staff, Andy Reid and the Chiefs gave Lewis a safe place to land in 2017 as the team's new wide receivers coach. It was a relationship that made sense given Lewis's history with Reid back in Philadelphia, and Lewis would settle into Kansas City quite nicely.

Lewis deserves credit for Tyreek Hill's continued maturity during his years as coach, while undrafted players like Byron Pringle and Albert Wilson grew or revealed themselves as unexpected contributors during his stint at the position.

From there, Lewis had a vision to become a future coordinator and perhaps even head coach and wanted the experience to work with another position to enhance his resume. The Chiefs accommodated him by switching him to running backs coach for his final two years in Kansas City in 2021-22.

The Baltimore Ravens hired Lewis away a year ago and in his first season with the team, the Ravens claimed the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC. Zay Flowers had a tremendous rookie season with Lewis as his coach, and the Ravens receivers helped keep the offense moving even when the team lost top target Mark Andrews to a major injury.