Bill walsh minority internship program application

High school coaches made up The Miami Dolphins participated with 15 Bill Walsh fellows, the most of any team in Thomas McGaughey Jr. Michael Barrow. Nick Eason. Tracy Rocker.

Arizona Cardinals. Atlanta Falcons. Baltimore Ravens. Vinson Reynolds Western Michigan. Buffalo Bills. Carolina Panthers. Chicago Bears. Cincinnati Bengals. Kelvin Bell University of Iowa , T. Cleveland Browns. Dallas Cowboys. Denver Broncos. Detroit Lions. Green Bay Packers. Houston Texans. Indianapolis Colts. Jacksonville Jaguars.

Kansas City Chiefs. Minnesota Vikings. New England Patriots. New Orleans Saints. Oakland Raiders. Philadelphia Eagles. Connecticut University. Pittsburgh Steelers. San Diego Chargers. San Francisco 49ers. Louis Rams. Seattle Seahawks. Clubs will be alerted of the application submission and will reach out to the applicant individually for further steps if they so choose.

Timing : Fellowships can take place during OTAs, minicamps, or Training Camp and the length of the fellowship ranges from a few days to a few weeks. In select cases, clubs have extended a fellow to work on staff with them for a season or year. Please direct any questions to nflbillwalshdiversity nfl. And Coach Caldwell did a great job of exposing us to the overall big picture of becoming a servant-leader.

Before Williams' Lions internship, Caldwell brought him for a two-hour interview. One hour was to interview as a linebackers coach and the other as a special teams coordinator. Williams thought it was for the internship, but Caldwell treated it like it was for a full-time job. Essentially, his internship began during the interview, where Caldwell asked about Williams' approach as a teacher and communicator, quizzed him about his personality, asked how he installed plays and ran practice.

He inquired about special teams philosophy and how special teams complements offense and defense. In , Williams became the assistant special teams coach with the Chargers and in was moved to a defensive assistant role. Then he spent two seasons back in Detroit under Matt Patricia as the assistant special teams coach before Smith hired him as his coordinator this year.

When Williams spoke with Grossman on May 5 to set up final interview parameters, he said half of the minute final interview would be a presentation on anything she wanted. Drawing from a lesson learned from his interview with Caldwell, Williams wanted the candidates to teach him and Hogan something.

Capetillo explained an inside run play his Las Vegas High team uses frequently with him as the head coach. Matthews, the defensive line coach at Reinhardt College, presented on the concepts of blocks defensive linemen might face and how to counter them.

Jackson, the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at Brown, did a brief introduction of himself followed by a replica of a directional punt coverage presentation he'd use at a meeting with his players.

Grossman, an Illinois State strength and conditioning graduate assistant, practiced her presentation six times the morning of her May 6 interview. She talked about the concept of cognitive restructuring and the importance of positive self-talk over negative self-talk.

While Capetillo, Matthews and Jackson had years of playing and coaching experience, Grossman had never held a full-time job. She used material from her final presentation for Motivation and Sports last semester -- a presentation she got an A for -- in her interview with Hogan and Williams. The four candidates were Hogan and Williams' first choices, and all four aced their final interviews. The process worked. Hogan and Williams had their fellows.

Williams and Hogan divided the calls to the candidates they chose not to hire -- but encouraged them to stay in touch and to apply again next year -- and the congratulatory calls. There were reasons they chose to call the candidates they did: Capetillo was Williams' college teammate. Matthews had been to Flowery Branch before and Hogan was his liaison when he'd come to watch film. Jackson coached with Hogan's father.

Only Grossman, who reached out to Hutchinson for preparation tips throughout the process, had been unknown to Hogan or Williams prior to the process. Capetillo, 32, was at his high school's track practice when Williams called.

He stepped aside for a minute and had to contain his excitement. He'd applied for the program before, but this was the furthest he'd gotten in the process. He already had spoken to his wife -- they were high school sweethearts -- about the possibility of being away from home for three weeks.

His goal, his dream, has been to work for an NFL team. This would be the first step on his path. After he got off the phone, he quickly called his wife and went back to coaching track to unsuspecting kids who had no idea what just happened to their coach.

Jackson, 52, applied only to the Falcons. His connection with Hogan and his brother living in the Atlanta area made the Falcons an attractive possibility. He'd been part of the internship program before -- in with Jacksonville, with Detroit and with Philadelphia.

He applied again not because he was looking for a way to the NFL, but to increase his knowledge base. He found out he got the job sitting in his office at Brown. Matthews, 31, was in his suburban Georgia home working on his other passion: cooking.