BlockU caught up with first year tight end coach and former defensive lineman Lewis Powell to find out how the transition to the offensive side of the ball has gone so far, the importance of Polynesian athletes to the Utah football program, and how it feels to be back coaching at his alma mater
There is a familiar face coaching the Utah tight ends this season, former defensive lineman Lewis Powell. Powell's best moment in his playing career was winning the Liberty Bowl Defensive Player of the Game, a game in which he recovered two fumbles and had a tackle for loss in a game Utah won 17-0 over Southern Miss.