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