ATLANTA, Ga. – Morehouse College head football coach,
Rich Freeman, was selected by the Atlanta Falcons to participate in the Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship this summer.
"I am once again i'm thrilled to participate in the Minority Internship Program with the Atlanta Falcons for the second consecutive season," said Freeman. "The experience I gained last year was invaluable and sparked intrigue throughout our entire coaching staff in which we now have several additional coaches participating throughout the National Football League. Many Thanks toHead Coach Dan Quinn, General Manager Thomas Dimitroff, and Assistant General Manager Emeritus, Scott Pioli for this awesome invitation."
Freeman, a 24 year veteran of the football coaching fraternity just completed his twelfth season as head coach of the Maroon Tigers. In 2018 Freeman earned SIAC Coach of the Year honors after leading Morehouse to a 7-3 overall record including a 6-0 start which was the best start for a Maroon Tiger team since 1919.
Established in 1987, the Fellowship program provides NFL coaching experience to a diverse group of coaches every year. The program, which was named after the man who conceived the idea -- late Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach Bill Walsh -- exposes talented minority college coaches, high school coaches, and former players to the methods and philosophies of NFL coaching staffs. Walsh introduced the concept to the league in 1987 when he brought a group of minority coaches into his San Francisco 49ers' training camp.
The program has tutored more than 2,000 minority coaches through the years and has grown to the point that now every NFL team participates during offseason workout programs, minicamps and training camp.
For the second consecutive year Freeman will participate in the Falcons Veteran Mini-Camp starting June 10 to June 13 in Flowery Branch, Georgia.
Morehouse opens the season September 1 in the inaugural Black College Hall of Fame Classic versus Alabama A&M University at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m.
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