THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – For two members of the Rams coach and personnel staff, Monday and Tuesday represented an investment in their futures.
Assistant head coach/tight ends coach Thomas Brown and senior personnel executive Ray Farmer were the Rams’ nominees and participants for the newly-launched NFL Coach and Front Office Accelerator Program, which took place Monday and Tuesday in Atlanta during the league’s spring meeting.
“It’s obviously a huge honor,” Brown told theRams.com after Thursday’s organized team activity session. “That’s something that I don’t take for granted. I appreciate the Rams and the NFL for giving me an opportunity to be a part of it.”
Each team nominated one rising senior woman or minority staff member to participate in the program, which included networking opportunities directly with club owners for the more than 60 diverse head coach and general manager candidates from all clubs and the league. It also included leadership development and sessions on the business side of football, plus candid conversations on how to take the next step in becoming a head coach or front office executive.
Brown said he and most of the participants he spoke with prior to the start of the event didn’t know what to expect, and also had low expectations “based on how certain things had gone in the past.” While not all of the programming was “100 percent impactful,” Brown said, “the thought process behind it was,” which he appreciated.
“It was definitely beneficial to have an opportunity to connect with some elite coaches from around this league, some future GMs, some guys that probably should already be GMs, and pick their brains about the process, how to prepare myself as much as possible,” Brown said. “Understanding, like I already knew, we all knew, the importance of networking, but having the opportunity to actually network with the right people that make decisions was a big part of it.”
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