Lonnie Galloway is returning to the ACC’s Atlantic Division, as the school announced on Monday that the longtime college coach is coming to Louisville as the Cardinals’ new co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. Galloway will be working alongside offensive line coach Chris Klenakis to guide the Cardinals.
The Eden, North Carolina, native starred as a dual-threat quarterback for Rockingham County High School and then Western Carolina in the early 1990s before embarking on a two-decade coaching career. At Western, Galloway threw for over 5,500 yards — second-most in Catamounts school history.
His coaching stints have included time as quarterbacks/wide receivers coach at Elon (1996-2002), as well as wide receivers coach at East Carolina (2003-04), Appalachian State (2005-07), West Virginia (2008-10) and Wake Forest (2011-12). He rejoined the Mountaineers to coach the wideouts from 2013-15.
In Galloway’s first season at Wake Forest, the Demon Deacons had a resurgent 5-3 season in ACC play, resulting in the program’s last bowl appearance — the 2011 Music City Bowl. He helped develop Chris Givens into an All-ACC performer who had 1,330 receiving yards and became a fourth-round NFL Draft selection of the St. Louis Rams.
Insiders at Wake Forest at the time would say that they hated to see Galloway go. He was friendly and well-respected throughout the Demon Deacons program, and perhaps it wasn’t a huge surprise that things went downhill following his departure, eventually leading to Jim Grobe’s firing after the 2013 season.
After his last season in Winston-Salem in 2012, Galloway returned to West Virginia, where the Mountaineers have gone 4-8, 7-6 and 8-5 the last three seasons.
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