The Green Bay Packers announced the addition of 15 new coaches who joined the staff in May and June as part of the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. Head Coach Matt LaFleur made the announcement on Wednesday.
The defense welcomes former Packers safeties Morgan Burnett (Walton High School) and Nick Collins (Bethune-Cookman) as well as former NFL defensive lineman Jason Hatcher (Dallas and Washington), Asa Jackson (Cal Poly), Josh Jones (San Antonio Brahmas of the UFL), Larry Knight (Arkansas State) and Shea Pitts (UCLA), whose father, Ron, and grandfather, Elijah, both played for the Packers.
The offensive staff is joined by Ryan Alexander (LSU), Jeff Beckles, Mike Brown (Notre Dame), Caleb Moore (Arizona) and Grant Newsome (Michigan).
The strength and conditioning staff is assisted by Ike Brown (LSU), Leo Liu (Washington University in St. Louis) and Gary Wilkins.
Moore, as well as Ike and Mike Brown, have participated in the program with the Packers before.
Green Bay has hired four previous Bill Walsh interns to full-time coaching positions over the past two seasons (Anthony Perkins, Myles White, Cory Harkey, Jeremiah Kolone).
The Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship is designed as a vocational tool to increase the number of full-time NFL minority coaches. The program's objective is to use NFL clubs' offseason workout programs and minicamps to give talented coaches opportunities to observe, participate, gain experience and ultimately gain a full-time NFL coaching position.
