In 2017, Kenny Lucas joined the Howard University football staff as its special teams coordinator/running backs coach.
In his first season with the Bison, he saw Anthony Philyaw earn numerous awards, including 2017 All-MEAC First Team honors.
Before coming to The Mecca, Lucas was assistant head coach and running back coach at Morgan State for two seasons (2015-16).
In 2014, Morgan State's ground attack flourished and helped lead the Bears to its first MEAC Championship since 1979, including its first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Playoffs. The Bears completed the season ranked second in the MEAC with 208.5 rushing yards per game (ranked No. 26 in FCS) and produced 29 rushing TDs, the second most in the MEAC and the most for the Bears since 2004.
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The unit was led by Herb Walker Jr., who produced a school single-season rushing record with 1,408 yards (ranked No. 14 in FCS), averaged 117.3 yards per game (ranked No. 12 in FCS) and accounted for 15 touchdowns (13 rushing). Walker, who also posted a school single game record of 271 rushing yards (ranked No. 5 in FCS), capped the season being named to the All-MEACÂ First Team.Â
Prior to joining the Bears, Lucas spent seven seasons as the head coach at Annapolis Christian School (AACS). Previous to AACS, he spent six seasons as head coach at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.
Lucas was an assistant coach at Georgetown University (1997-2000), was head coach at Archbishop Carroll High School (1995-96), and was the Assistant Director of Sports and Coaches' Education for D.C. Special Olympics from 1990-95.
In 1988, Lucas graduated from the University of Delaware where he was a three-year letterman for the Blue Hens and was named an Associated Press All-American 1986-1987.
Recruiting Area:
- Washington, D.C. (McKinley Tech, Dunbar, & Cardozo)
- PG County, Md.
- Anne Arundel County, Md.
- Howard County, Md.
Auxiliary States:Â Washington, Idaho, & Oregon
