NFL Network’s morning show, NFL AM has been on the air for two years. It originally launched with co-hosts Brian Webber and Nicole Zaloumis with analyst Eric Davis and reporters Steve Wyche and Mark Kriegel. Webber was jettisoned soon after the show debuted and Zaloumis became the main host. Over the last two seasons, the show has added Molly Qerim and Terrell Davis with some contributions from former NFL linebacker LaVar Arrington.
Just last month, Zaloumis left the show to spend more time with her family so it has led NFL Network to look at new hosts for the program. Awful Announcing has learned that NFL Network has hired Rhett Lewis and Erin Coscarelli as new co-hosts. They start next week.
Lewis has been an anchor and reporter at WHDH in Boston for the past five years. During his time, he covered all four major Boston teams in each of their professional championship games or series.
NFL AM Executive Producer Jeremy Louwerse tells Awful Announcing that Lewis has a football background through his father who was a trainer with the New Orleans Saints and currently the Detroit Lions. Louwerse said Lewis “grew up in NFL locker rooms and the football culture.”
Coscarelli comes to NFL AM from Comcast SportsNet Bay Area in San Francisco where she was a reporter and anchor for the regional sports network’s signature program, SportsNet Central. She has also worked as a sideline reporter for ESPN, Fox Sports West, NBCSN and Pac-12 Networks.
Louwerse said about Coscarelli, “She reminds us a lot of Kelly Ripa here. A Kelly Ripa with a really strong football knowledge.”
Arrington will join the show on Saturday, August 2 for a special show during the Pro Football Hall of Football Induction Weekend. He will move to Los Angeles after being a sports radio talk show host in Washington, DC.
Louwerse said, “LaVar has contributed to the show in the past year, but now he’s going to become a full-time member of the family and we are thrilled to have him.”
In addition, Eric and Terrell Davis will remain with the show along with part-time contributions from Jordan Babineaux.
Qerim, Kriegel and Wyche will also stay with the show.
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