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From farm fields to the Queen City: The journey of Brad Lambert

The first time I saw Brad Lambert’s abilities in action he was on the sidelines of the 2007 Orange Bowl after he helped a 15th-ranked Wake Forest team to their seventh bowl game in the team’s history and a program best 11-3 season. A few years later Coach Lambert and I both decided that green pairs better with gold than black does and we both now call Charlotte home.

Long before Lambert put on the headset and coached, he put on the pads and found his love for the game in the sixth grade.

“As a kid I grew up watching the Steelers, they had a guy playing for them named Jack Lambert.