**Ashley Cornwell –** Cornwell began coaching at Bucknell in February 2024 and was elevated to interim tight ends coach and in-game Management coordinator in August 2024. Prior to her elevation, she was the assistant offensive line coach and run game analyst. With her hiring, Cornwell became the first female member of the coaching staff in Bucknell football history and in the Patriot League.
"My goal is to become a head coach of an NFL organization," Cornwell wrote. "My purpose in life is to serve others through coaching football. Coaching allows me to pursue my dream of aiding the players and those I work with by helping take them somewhere they cannot take themselves."
**Marcus Oliver –** Oliver is currently the defensive ends coach at Fresno State University after serving as the safeties coach at Stony Brook University in 2024. Oliver started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Minnesota State University in 2014 where he worked with the defensive backs.
"I got into coaching to give back the game that has given me so much. I have been able to get a free education and create long lasting relationships with former teammates and coaches. I also coach because it allows me to continue to compete, and I aspire to coach at the highest level and win championships," Oliver wrote. "The Browns have played great defense under (defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz) and I am looking forward to learning the scheme and process he has used to get results."
**Darian Medran –** Medran is a defensive analyst for LSU, specializing in linebackers. He began his coaching career at Sam Houston University as a volunteer assistant and held multiple responsibilities and spent two years with the program. He then was a linebackers graduate assistant at the University of Wyoming in 2023.
"In my time with the Browns through this fellowship, I am seeking to learn and gain valuable insight into how coaches at the highest level get the most out of their guys, as players and as men, in a more different environment than I have ever experienced," Medran wrote. "I am most excited to learn the similarities and differences between coaching at the professional level, both in the football sense and operational sense, in order to apply some of these lessons in my own personal coaching methods and philosophy."
**Tarron Williams –** Williams is in his first year as the cornerbacks coach at East Carolina University. He was previously at Old Dominion University for two seasons as the cornerbacks coach. Williams has coached at the collegiate level for 13 years and one year as a high school football coach.
"I've always approached my career with tunnel vision and allowed God to control the rest," Williams wrote. "What's been important to me over the years is to always maintain a growth mindset and to improve as a leader and teacher every day. Coaching was a seamless transition for me because of the impact made by my high school and collegiate coaches; they were monumental towards my development as a young man and player. I'm a proud husband and father because of it."
**Colin Johnson –** Johnson is currently the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach at Butler, where he started in March 2025. Prior to joining the Bulldogs, Johnson served as the run game coordinator, offensive line coach and interim head coach at Ball State from 2019-2024. Johnson was also an offensive lineman at Ball State from 1999-2002, where he started at center for three seasons and was the team captain in 2002.
"I am most excited to be a part of one of the most beloved franchises in all of sports in the Cleveland Browns. It is undeniable the influence and advancements that Paul Brown has had on the game of football. To have the opportunity to work with such a storied organization is a dream come true," Johnson wrote. "Through the fellowship, I hope to gain insight from some of the best coaches in the world to help me grow as a leader and mentor for all the athletes and other coaches I am fortunate to work with."
**David Sims –** Sims joined the James Madison football program in 2024, serving as the running backs coach. He previously spent time as the running backs coach at Penn from 2021-24 and 2017-21 at Furman as the running backs coach. Sims first found his start in coaching at Shorter University, where he spent two years from 2015-17.
"My coaching inspiration started with me knowing I wanted to coach at age 11 and started playing football for the first time," Sims wrote. "I was always that kid giving tips and tricks and showing teammates how to do things better and efficiently. I saw my passion in seeing them succeed outweigh my own success. I love being able to teach, and seeing them grow and develop, find confidence in the things being taught and absorb the information."