Former defensive tackle Kedric Golston is joining the Commanders’ offseason coaching staff as part of the NFL’s diversity fellowship program.
Golston headlines a group of five coaches who will work with players during team activities and mandatory minicamp.
The Commanders have also welcomed Anthony Davis, Arthur Ray, Anthony Johnson and Andrew Seumalo as coaching fellows.
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Golston is no stranger to the Commanders or the District of Columbia area. The franchise drafted him in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL draft, and he played his entire 11-year career in the burgundy and gold.
After working as an assistant football coach at Gonzaga High School in D.C., the 40-year-old now leads Stone Bridge High School’s football team in Ashburn, Virginia. The Georgia native also founded a real estate company and a pilates studio in Loudoun County.
Golston and company are the first crop from this year’s Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship for the Commanders. The team said a second group will join the coaching staff later this summer.
All 32 NFL franchises participate in the fellowship program each offseason. It’s designed to provide more opportunities for coaches who have historically been underrepresented on the sidelines, the NFL says on its website.
“The program’s objective is to use NFL clubs’ training camps, offseason workout programs and minicamps to give talented coaches opportunities to observe, participate, gain experience [and] ultimately gain a full-time NFL coaching position,” the league said.
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