Collette V. Smith is on the move. The first Black woman to coach in the NFL took a break from her duties as keynote speaker at the NAF Next education conference in Phoenix to give an impromptu clinic ...

On Friday, getting into a defensive back stance and back pedaling with a microphone in her hand, former Coach Collette V. Smith yelled to a gymnasium of hundreds of students. "I'm a defensive player.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – In 2017, Collette V. Smith made history on the sidelines, becoming the first Black woman to coach in the NFL and the first woman to coach in the New York Jets franchise. Thursday, ...

As a professional football player, the first African American female NFL coach and the first woman to coach the New York Jets, Collette V. Smith truly follows her own playbook.

In life, you always have to be prepared for any opportunity, and Collette V. Smith seized hers in 2017. Smith has lived a remarkable life filled with purpose and a deep love for football, which led ...

"Can you believe that?" is what Collette V. Smith asked her father when she was invited to work for the New York Jets in 2017—becoming not only the team's first female coach, but also the first Black ...

Thaddeus W. Talty believes it was the universe calling out to him. The Ringwood, New Jersey, resident was moved to action when he read a profile of Collette V. Smith, the New York Jets’ first female ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Students in Kansas City’s Northland heard from the first Black female NFL coach on Friday. Collette V. Smith joined the New York Jets in 2017 as a defensive backs coach. She’s a ...

When Collette V. Smith was 18, she had just moved from New York City to Alabama to attend Tuskegee University. Her mother’s family lived in nearby Georgia and she would often visit on weekends for ...

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