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

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coach and former

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. He is he

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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 research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF is ...

and attended Hillsborough High School in

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. He played for the

Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

of the

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College career

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

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

. 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 wide receivers coach for

Howard Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...

. In 2023, he was promoted to

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of an American football or Canadian football team who is in charge of the team's offense. Generally, along with the defensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator, this coach re ...

. In 2024, Lamar was hired as the

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 profileJust Sports Stats
Living people 1990 births 21st-century African-American sportspeople American football return specialists American football running backs Canadian football return specialists Canadian football running backs Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Howard Bison football coaches Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches South Florida Bulls football coaches South Florida Bulls football players Coaches of American football from Florida Players of American football from Tampa, Florida Players of Canadian football from Tampa, Florida {{Canadianfootball-runningback-stub