The Washington football team will promote Jennifer King to a full-time attacking assistant, ESPN has confirmed that she is the first black woman to be a full-time coach in the NFL.
King has been a full-time intern for the past season, working with full-back Randy Jordan. Washington’s full-backs got strong production from third-back JD McKissic, who had a best career career for 809 runs for 589 yards and rushed 85 times for 365. Also, rookie Antonio Gibson rushed 795 yards and 11 touchdowns when he switched to play mostly. recipient in college.
King also worked two years as an intern under coach Ron Rivera when he was in Carolina, in 2018 and ’19. She was also an assistant coach for the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football.
King was an offensive assistant at Dartmouth College in 2019 before joining Washington last season. She was a regular participant in the NFL coaching clinics from 2015 to ’18 and attended the NFL Women’s Career in Football Forum in 2018. She also played for three professional women’s soccer teams from 2006 to ’19: the Carolina Phoenix, with whom she spent 11 years, the New York Sharks and the DC Divas.
She was also the head coach of the women’s basketball team of Johnson & Wales University Charlotte from 2016 to ’18, leading it to a USCAA Division II national championship. She was an assistant on the Greensboro College women’s basketball team from 2006 to ’16.
She played softball and basketball for Guilford College.
NFL Network first reported on King’s promotion.