 Stewart with theMontreal Alouettes in 2007 | |
| Kentucky Wildcats | |
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| Title | Defensive line coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1976-02-09)February 9, 1976 (age 49) Panama City, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Kentucky |
| Career history | |
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Coaching | |
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Anwar Stewart (born February 9, 1976) is an Americanfootball coach and former player. He is thedefensive line coach for theUniversity of Kentucky, a position he has held since 2020. He playedcollege football for theKentucky Wildcats and played in theCanadian Football League (CFL) for 13 seasons.[1][2]
After playing his college football at theUniversity of Kentucky, Stewart joined the CFL's Calgary Stampeders for the 2001 season, playing one game before being released the following year in the preseason.[3]
From 2002 to 2011 Stewart played for theMontreal Alouettes, leading the team in quarterback sacks for four seasons (2003–06). In 2004, he had 21 tackles, 9 sacks and 4 interceptions (returning 2 of those for touchdowns), good enough to make the CFL All Star Team and to win theCFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award. On October 12, 2009, Stewart became the Alouettes all-time sacks leader with 53 career sacks, passingElfrid Payton who had 52.[4] He finished with 66 career sacks in Montreal after he was released on February 8, 2012.[5]
On October 10, 2012, Stewart again signed with theCalgary Stampeders where he recorded 4 sacks in only 4 games, bringing his career total to 70.[3] Following the2012 CFL season, he was released by the Stampeders.[6] He was signed to the Alouettes' practice roster on August 13, 2013, after Montreal releasedEjiro Kuale earlier in the week.[7]
After retiring from playing in 2013, Stewart was hired by the Alouettes in2014 as a defensive quality control coach. He was promoted in2015 to the team’s defensive ends coach and in2016 was given the title of defensive line coach.
He returned to hisalma mater in2017 where he stayed two years working as a defensive assistant.
In2019, Stewart was the defensive line coach for Appalachian State.
In2020, Stewart returned to Kentucky as the team’s defensive line coach.[8][9]
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