Lamont Seward is in his fifth season as a member of the West Alabama football staff after coming on on board as associate head coach, passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach in April 2015. He also handles special teams for the Tigers.
Under Seward's guidance the Tigers had three of the top seven receivers in the Gulf South Conference in 2018.
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Seward spent the 2014 season coaching running backs at Army. Prior to that, he was a member of Jeff Monken’s staff at Georgia Southern, where he coached running backs and wide receivers.
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Seward helped Georgia Southern to three consecutive Football Championship Series semifinal appearances before the Eagles moved to the Football Bowl series in 2013. With him as running backs coach, Georgia Southern rushed for 3,964 yards in 2013.
Georgia Southern posted its second highest per-game rushing average (399.4) and ninth NCAA rushing title during his two seasons coaching running backs after working with wide receivers for two seasons. He helped develop Georgia Southern into one of the nation's most efficient passing offenses, ranking second in the nation in 2011.
Prior to coaching at Georgia Southern, Seward spent two seasons as the wide receiver coach at West Georgia, also working with kickoff and punt return units.
He coached at Western Carolina for two seasons, guiding Catamount receiver Eddie Cohen to WCU’s single-season record with 1,208 receiving yards. At Western Carolina, Seward also coached the kickoff and punt return teams.
Seward began his coaching career as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Warren County High School before joining the Western Carolina staff.
As a player at Western Carolina, Seward was a member of the Southern Conference All-Decade Team (1997-2006), finishing his career third on the WCU and SoCon lists for receptions with 190. His 2,971 receiving yards is third all-time at WCU.
Seward and his wife Bebe live in Livingston with their son Jaxson (2).
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