Former Cowboy Named Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellow

Former Oklahoma State running back and current Broken Arrow (Okla.) High School assistant coach Jeremy Smith has been named a Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellow with the Cleveland Browns. 

Smith, who played his prep ball at Tulsa's Union High School, went on to play collegiate for the Cowboys finishing a five-year career with 52 games played, 1,924 yards on 354 carries and 34 touchdowns on the ground. His best season came as a sophomore where he averaged 7.1 yards per carry for 646 yards on the season in 2011 with nine touchdowns as the Cowboys went 11-1 and finished ranked third in the AP poll. 

He began his coaching career in 2015 as a running backs coach at Union High School before transitioning to Bartlesville High School. He has had stops at Jenks High School and a stint at the collegiate level at East Central University in Ada, Okla., a member of NCAA Division II. This is the second consecutive year that Smith has participated in the National Football League's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2025. 

The Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship is intended to use NFL club training camps, offseason workout programs and minicamps to give talented coaches the opportunity to observe, participate, gain experience, and ultimately a full-time NFL coaching position. The program serves as a vocational tool to expand the diverse talent that is considered for full-time NFL coaching positions. To be considered for the fellowship participants must be either a former NFL player or have coaching experience at the high school, college, and/or other football leagues level (CFL, UFL, etc.). The Pittsburgh Steelers announced Derius Swinton II, a 2019 Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellow with the Arizona Cardinals, as its Senior Special Teams Assistant for the upcoming 2026 season.