"That's like hiring Ray Lewis to coach QB": Football fans react to Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed's hiring as OC of Georgia school 

By Byron Terry

Modified Jan 15, 2025 09:21 GMT

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A lot of changes have taken place in the offseason of the high school football season, from staff and personnel changes to new coaching hires. Now, a certain high school in Georgia just added a Pro Football Hall of Famer to its staff.

On Monday, former NFL safety Ed Reed was announced on social media as the new offensive coordinator for Chamblee High School.

Multiple platforms discussed the hire on social media, including On3 on Instagram.

Many football fans had a lot to say about Ed Reed being an offensive coordinator given that he played defense in college and the NFL.

"That's like hiring Ray Lewis to coach QBS," one fan commented.

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"Offensive? Great hire nun the less," another fan added.

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Another comment read:

"Little do they realize that half of playing defense, is knowing the offense."

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More comments continued to pour in, with one fan saying:

"Ed Reed mastered defense this will only open up the offense since he understands what most defenses don't like lol. I'm curious to see how this plays out."

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Ed Reed has prior coaching experience after being on staff at the University of Miami, the head coach at Bethune-Cookman for a short stint and defensive backs coach for the Buffalo Bills.

Chamblee High School's football breakdown

Chamblee High School in Dunwoody, Georgia, concluded the 2024 football season with a 2-9 overall record, 2-6 in its region and a No. 307 ranking in the state. Its most recent win was against Arabia Mountain in a 28-21 overtime victory on Nov. 1. Chamblee's last winning season was in 2022, when it went 8-3.

Ed Reed's career breakdown

Ed Reed played college football at the University of Miami from 1997-2001 achieving a plethora of awards such as being named a first-team All-American, National Defensive Player of the Year and a Jim Thorpe Award finalist his senior year.

He was drafted in the first round in 2002 by the Baltimore Ravens with the No. 24 pick. Reed played 12 seasons as a safety in the NFL, 11 for the Ravens and a half of a season with the New York Jets and Houston Texans. Reed is a Super Bowl champion with the Ravens in 2013. The Pro Football Hall of Famer totaled 532 solo tackles, 11 forced fumbles and 64 interceptions.