Football coach Bobby Petrino was fired amid one of Louisville's worst seasons this millennium.

Lorenzo Ward, the safeties coach, will take over as the interim head coach for the Louisville football team, according to a source with direct knowledge of the move.

But who is Ward?

Info courtesy of Ward's University of Louisville biography.

How'd he get to Louisville?

Ward hasn't been at the University of Louisville long, actually less than a year. He was hired in January of 2017 to serve as the secondary coach, according to his team biography.

Ward has six years of experience as a defensive coordinator, including four in the Southeastern Conference at South Carolina. Ward served one season as Fresno State’s defensive coordinator after seven years at South Carolina under Steve Spurrier.

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Ward started his coaching career as a grad assistant at his alma mater Alabama in 1991. He played for the Crimson Tide from 1986-89.

Ward also has amassed coaching experience in 2008 at Arkansas under Petrino, one year in 2006 with the Oakland Raiders on Art Shell’s staff and five years as an assistant coach at Chattanooga from 1994-98, according to his biography. Ward was also a secondary coach on Frank Beamer’s staff at Virginia Tech from 1999-2005.

Which NFL players has he worked with?

Ward coached Jaire Alexander, a first-round pick for the Green Bay Packers.

He has coached 16 defensive backs that went on to the NFL, including first-round picks Stephon Gilmore at South Carolina in 2012 and DeAngelo Hall from Virginia Tech in 2008.

While working with the defense at South Carolina, Ward coached Jadeveon Clowney, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft.

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What are Ward's coaching successes?

As the defensive coordinator at South Carolina, Ward guided a unit that finished in the top-25 nationally in both scoring and total defense in four out of his seven seasons, including a scoring defense that finished 12th in 2013 and second in the SEC.

In his final season at Virginia Tech, the Hokies led the nation in total defense, giving up just 247.6 yards per game and were second in pass efficiency defense and third in pass defense.

The year prior, in 2004, Virginia Tech was fourth in the country in both pass defense and interceptions.