Matt Scott Participates In Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship

ALBANY, N.Y. – University at Albany assistant football coach Matt Scott was selected by the NFL’s Buffalo Bills as a 2013 Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship participant. In addition to Antwon Bailey, Michael Grant, Jamar Nesbit and Kevin Mawae, Scott was one of five instructors picked to assist the Bills’ coaching staff during training camp at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y.

“It was an amazing experience,” said Scott. “I got a chance to spend three days with them for mandatory minicamp and then another eight days at St. John Fisher for training camp.”

Scott supported the Bills’ linebacking corps during his stay. At UAlbany, he is entering his fourth season as the squad’s cornerbacks coach in addition to working with special teams.

“The biggest thing Coach (Doug) Marrone talked about was attention to detail, and he preached it over and over again,” reflected Scott on his experience. “That’s the one thing I took away from it the most; make sure I leave no stone unturned as a coach, and always do the best I can to get my guys ready to play.”

The Great Danes currently have a number of ties to the Buffalo Bills organization, including former UAlbany assistants Samson Brown and Jim O’Neil serving as the team’s assistant defensive backs coach and linebackers coach, respectively. In addition, UAlbany standout Drew Smith signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Bills this past spring and is currently vying for a spot on the squad’s 53-man roster as a fullback.

Scott, Bailey, Grant, Nesbit and Mawae join Bills’ running backs coach Tyrone Wheatley as fellow recipients of the honor. Wheatley earned the distinction twice, with Tampa Bay in July 2006 and Pittsburgh in June 2008.

The Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship is designed to expose talented minority college coaches to the methods and philosophies of Summer NFL training camps. Walsh introduced the idea to the league in 1987 when he brought in a group of such coaches into his San Francisco 49ers training camp. Eventually every NFL team became a participant in the program.

The Buffalo Bills have participated in the Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship program since 1989.

Below is a list of Buffalo’s participants in the Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship program.

1989: Curtis Jones, Southern Methodist University
         Mac Singleton, Harvard

1990: Bobby Turner, Ohio State
         Lenny Willis, Boston College

1991: Rudy Hughes, Lehigh University
         Ricky Porter, Slippery Rock

1992: Juan Castillo, Texas A & I
         Gary Emanuel, Syracuse

1993: Ron Sharpless, Virginia Tech.
         Sherman Smith, Illinois

1994: Dwayne Dixon, Florida
         Jethro Franklin, Fresno State

1995: Louis Garza, Southwest Texas State
         Buddy Wyatt, Minnesota

1996: Art Valero, Utah State
         Theo Young, Rice

1997: Sanders Shivers, Howard
         Donnie Roberts, Lehigh

1998: David Moody, Jr, Texas Tech
         Vernon Perry, Prairie View A&M

1999: James Saxton, Rutgers
         Dennis Simmons, Cornell

2000: Derrick Burroughs
         Andrew Dees, Stony Brook

2001: Reginald Brown, Texas Southern
         Ricky Hunley, Florida

2002: Reginald Brown, Texas Southern
         O’Neill Gilbert, no affiliation

2003: Barry Foster, NFLEL
         Robert Lyles, AFL

2004: Joe Bowden, NFLEL Coaching intern
         Tim Lester, NFLEL Coaching intern

2005: Broderick Lee Fobbs, Northwestern State
         Antonio Goss, University at Buffalo and former NFL player
         Ernie Mills, former NFL player

2006: Steve Little, Trinity International
         Adrian White, Former NFLEL coach and NFL player

2007: Steve Little, Trinity International
         Nathan Poole, former NFL player
         Adrian White, former NFL player

2008: Jeff Burris, former NFL player
         Kenneth Ray, North Carolina A&T

2009: Michael Barrow, former NFL player
         Dwayne Foster, Prairie View A&M

2010: Ricky Brumfield, Fairmont State
         Steve Ellis, Middle Tennessee State
         Brian Jean-Mary, Louisville
         Dennis Springer, Indiana  

2011: Jamal Fobbs, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
         Ernest Jones, University at Buffalo
         William Inge, University at Buffalo

2012: Eugene Daniel, former NFL player
         Keith Higdon, Tuskegee
         Rashaan Jordan, Brockport
         Gabe Northern, Prairie View A&M

2013: Antwon Bailey, St. Johns College High School
         Michael Grant, North Texas University
         Matt Scott, University at Albany
         Jamar Nesbit, former NFL player
         Kevin Mawae, former NFL player