:Anwar Stewart
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1976)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Anwar Stewart
| image = Anwar Stewart.jpg
| caption = Stewart with the Montreal Alouettes in 2007
| current_team = Kentucky Wildcats
| number =
| position = Defensive line coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|2|9}}
| birth_place = Panama City, Florida, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 255
| high_school =
| college = Kentucky
| pastteams = *Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2001}})
- Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2002}}–{{CFL Year|2011}})
- Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2012}})
- Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2013}})
| pastcoaching = *Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2014}})
Defensive quality control coach
- Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2015}})
Defensive ends coach - Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2016}})
Defensive line coach - Kentucky (2017–2018)
Defensive assistant - Appalachian State (2019)
Defensive line coach - Kentucky (2020–present)
Defensive line coach
| highlights =
As player:
- 4× Grey Cup Champion (2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)
- CFL All-Star {{CFL Year|2004}}, {{CFL Year|2009}}
- CFL East All-Star {{CFL Year|2003}}, {{CFL Year|2004}}, {{CFL Year|2009}}
- 2× CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award (2004, 2009)
- 2× James P. McCaffrey Trophy ({{CFL Year|2004}}, {{CFL Year|2009}})
}}
Anwar Stewart (born February 9, 1976) is an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive line coach for the University of Kentucky, a position he has held since 2020. He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats and played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for 13 seasons.{{cite web|title=Anwar Stewart |url=http://www.stampeders.com/roster/show/id/343 |publisher=Calgary Stampeders |date=October 10, 2012 |access-date=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122055503/http://www.stampeders.com/roster/show/id/343 |archive-date=January 22, 2013 }}[https://appstatesports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=851&path=football "Anwar Stewart App State Bio"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085750/https://appstatesports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=851&path=football |date=March 27, 2019 }}, AppStateSports.com, retrieved March 8, 2019.
Playing career
After playing his college football at the University 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.
From 2002 to 2011 Stewart played for the Montreal 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 the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award. On October 12, 2009, Stewart became the Alouettes all-time sacks leader with 53 career sacks, passing Elfrid Payton who had 52.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/richardson-als-feast-on-stampeders |title=Richardson, Als feast on Stampeders | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225242/http://www.cfl.ca/article/richardson-als-feast-on-stampeders |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }} He finished with 66 career sacks in Montreal after he was released on February 8, 2012.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/end-of-an-era-anwar-stewart-released-by-montreal |title=End of an era: Anwar Stewart released by Montreal |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923222050/http://www.cfl.ca/article/end-of-an-era-anwar-stewart-released-by-montreal |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
On October 10, 2012, Stewart again signed with the Calgary Stampeders where he recorded 4 sacks in only 4 games, bringing his career total to 70.{{cite news |author=Allen Cameron |title=Stewart set to come full circle in his CFL career |url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/Stewart+come+full+circle+career/7365789/story.html |work=Calgary Herald |date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=October 11, 2012}} Following the 2012 CFL season, he was released by the Stampeders.https://www.cfl.ca/article/rod-davis-joins-stamps-stewart-armstead-released {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005154013/http://www.cfl.ca/article/rod-davis-joins-stamps-stewart-armstead-released |date=October 5, 2015 }} Stewart released by the Stampeders He was signed to the Alouettes' practice roster on August 13, 2013, after Montreal released Ejiro Kuale earlier in the week.{{Cite web |url=http://cfl.ca/article/coming-home-als-add-anwar-stewart-to-practice-roster |title=Coming home: Als add Anwar Stewart to practice roster |access-date=August 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822102208/http://www.cfl.ca/article/coming-home-als-add-anwar-stewart-to-practice-roster |archive-date=August 22, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Coaching career
=Montreal Alouettes=
=Kentucky=
He returned to his alma mater in 2017 where he stayed two years working as a defensive assistant.
= Appalachian State=
In 2019, Stewart was the defensive line coach for Appalachian State.
=Kentucky (second stint)=
In 2020, Stewart returned to Kentucky as the team’s defensive line coach.{{Cite web|last=Marcum|first=Jason|date=2020-01-10|title=Anwar Stewart officially hired by UK|url=https://www.aseaofblue.com/2020/1/10/21060103/anwar-stewart-officially-hired-by-uk|access-date=2021-06-05|website=A Sea Of Blue|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Anwar Stewart set to become UK's next defensive line coach|url=https://www.wkyt.com/content/sports/Anwar-Stewart-set-to-become-UKs-next-defensive-line-coach-566851171.html|access-date=2021-06-05|website=www.wkyt.com|date=January 9, 2020 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=stewaanw001 Stats Crew profile]
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{{97th Grey Cup}}
{{98th Grey Cup}}
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Category:American football defensive linemen
Category:Canadian football defensive linemen
Category:Players of Canadian football from Florida
Category:Calgary Stampeders players
Category:Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award winners
Category:Kentucky Wildcats football players
Category:Montreal Alouettes players
Category:Bay High School (Panama City, Florida) alumni
Category:Players of American football from Panama City, Florida
Category:Montreal Alouettes coaches
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