CHAMBLEE, Ga. — He’s a college football champion, Super Bowl champion, 9x Pro Bowler and a Pro Football Hall of Famer. Now, Ed Reed will add high school offensive coordinator to his resume.
Reed spoke to Channel 2′s Alison Mastrangelo on Wednesday, two days after he accepted the offensive coordinator job at Chamblee High School.
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Like an opportunity to return an interception back for a touchdown, Reed couldn’t pass up a chance to coach his son, Edward Reed III, who plays for the Bulldogs.
“Like I’m having conversations with my son more. You know, he’s opening up to me, you know, like that that in excess. That in itself, right there is success for me as a father, you know,” Reed said. “But yeah, he’s excited. I’m excited.”
Jamal Lewis, Reed’s former Ravens teammate, is already on the coaching staff and his son also plays for Chamblee High. Reed called Lewis, who starred as a running back for Baltimore, as the “quarterback” for getting him to join the staff.
“Jamal has been right in the middle. Like, ‘Come on, bro. Mike [last name] wants you to do it.’ But he knew I wanted to coach.”
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Reed said Chamblee wasn’t the only coaching offer he had.
He previously agreed to a deal to coach Bethune-Cookman University but it didn’t go through. Hours before he accepted the Chamblee job, Reed said he former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson reached out to him about joining his staff at Delaware State.
“I had to tell Jamal: ‘Jamal, if they don’t do this, you gotta let me know,’” Reed said.
Reed is known as one of the best NFL defenders of all time. He still holds several NFL records and made the NFL 100th Anniversary Team. But he said people shouldn’t be surprised about him taking on the role of offensive coordinator.
His whole career prepared him for it.
“I studied offense my whole career,” Reed said. “I coached my son’s 7-on-7 football team. And when we got to the part where they choosing the coaches to coach the sides, they were like a defense. I’m like, ‘No, I’m not doing defense.’ That’s the typical you’re going to put me on defense. But I studied offense my whole career.”
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