Head Coach Of The Force Relieved Of Duties
Robert Lyles will not be coaching the Georgia Force for the rest of the 2002 season.

Atlanta, GA - The Georgia Force announced that Head Coach Robert Lyles would be relieved of his duties with the Force for the remainder of the season. It was also announced that former Nashville Kats offensive coordinator and assistant head coach Marty Lowe was hired as the Force's new Head Coach.

"We have a very talented group of players who have been successful in the past. Under Coach Lyles and his staff these players were not achieving the results we anticipated and that we feel the people of greater Atlanta demand and deserve," said Force President Jim Thomas.

"We believe there is sufficient time to have a successful season this year if we make a change before we dig too deep of a hole. We are confident that, with Coach Lowe, we will find the chemistry to allow this team to realize its potential. We appreciate Coach Lyle's efforts, and we sincerely wish him success in the future."

Coming from the University of Texas-El Paso where he served as running backs coach, Marty Lowe was also the Miners top-recruiter. He served as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach for the Kats in 2000 and 2001. Lowe's duties with Nashville included creating and implementing the offensive game plan and coaching the team's wide receivers and quarterbacks.

Joining the Kats coaching staff as an offensive assistant in March 2000, after three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Louisville, Lowe had Nashville's offense clicking on all cylinders in the 2000 playoffs.

He played quarterback at the University of Louisville from 1991-95 and spent two seasons in the Arena Football League. In 1996, Lowe played quarterback for the St. Louis Stampede. Then he joined the Texas Terrors where he was a starter until a knee injury ended his playing career.

A native of Chattanooga, Lowe was name Mr. Football in Tennessee as a senior at Red Bank High School in 1990.  He started 22 consecutive games in college for the Cardinals, passing for 2268 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior in 1995. In Louisville history he is one of only four passers to throw for more than 2000 yards in back-to-back seasons.

Joining the Louisville staff in 1997, he broke down practice and game tape. Moving up to offensive assistant in 1998 was a position he served again in 1999, helping NFL prospect Chris Redman post a record-breaking season as the Cardinals' quarterback.