Search Jennifer King becomes NFL's first Black female assistant coach Achieving Woman - By Audrey Masitsa | January 27th 2021 at 11:13:46 GMT +0300 Jennifer King is the new assistant running backs coach for the Washington Football Team (Photo: Instagram/@jennifer.king5) In a historic move, the Washington Football Team promoted Jennifer King to the position of assistant running backs coach. This makes King the first Black woman in the NFL to hold that position. She takes up the new job after spending the 2020 season as a coaching intern under Washington head coach Ron Rivera and working with Washington running backs coach Randy Jordan.