He played college football for the Northern Illinois Huskies, earning first-team All-American honors as an all-purpose player and finishing as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy in 2013.

Lynch is currently the head football coach of Mount Carmel High School in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois.

At the beginning of his college career at NIU in DeKalb, IL Lynch was redshirted in 2009.

[2] During the 2012 marathon MAC Championship Game, Lynch increased his rushing stats to 1,771 yards on 271 carries, breaking the previous NCAA record for rushing yards in a season by a quarterback set by Denard Robinson.

The Chicago Bears signed him to a contract as a running back shortly after the draft concluded.

[12] The same day, the Northern Illinois University Athletic Department announced that Lynch had been hired as a running backs coach for the Huskies football program.

[15] He replaced Frank Lenti, who has been the head coach of the program for 34 years and won 12 state championships, in a move that received some shock and criticism from local media and fans.

In November 2019, Lynch led the Caravan to their 13th IHSA Football State Championship, defeating J.J. McCarthy and Nazareth Academy 37-13.

[17] Lynch's younger brother Justin, the Caravan's quarterback, rushed for all five Mount Carmel touchdowns in the victory.