Jennifer King

CTL-E-6811 · Person · other · contemporary

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Combined Graph record U-07683 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6811.

Jennifer King is a football coach whose 2021 promotion in Washington reset who could hold a full-time NFL coaching job. A former Women's Football Alliance player and a two-sport athlete at Guilford College, she entered the NFL through the league's Women's Forum, interning with the Carolina Panthers in 2018 and 2019 under Ron Rivera and joining Rivera's Washington staff as a full-year coaching intern in 2020. On January 26, 2021, Washington promoted her to assistant running backs coach, making her the first Black woman to serve as a full-time coach in the NFL — a first reported consistently across league, team and national sources in this pass. She held that Washington role through 2023, then joined the Chicago Bears in 2024 as an offensive assistant working with running backs, becoming the first female coach in Bears franchise history, and later moved to North Carolina Central as an offensive analyst.

Notes

Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0423. FIRSTS DISPOSITION: ASSERTED — multiple independent sources in this pass (NBC Sports/Pro Football Talk, Andscape/ESPN, Central Washington University) support the exact claim 'first Black female full-time coach in the NFL (2021, Washington, assistant running backs coach)'. Also asserted on sourced reporting: first female coach in Chicago Bears franchise history (2024). Washington is not a homed endpoint in this pass, so no relationship is emitted for the Washington role. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): King's record belongs in CTL's Chicago coaching history through the 2024 Bears season — a barrier-breaking appointment that made a 104-year-old franchise's staff room visibly different. Photo correction (head, at assembly): the lane's staged Commons file did not resolve under its stated title/license; the head substituted a verified subject file — see media layer.

Relationships

• Chicago Bears — assistant coach at
  Jennifer King joined the Chicago Bears in 2024 as an offensive assistant (running backs) / assistant running backs coach, the first female coach in Bears franchise history (ChicagoSportsHQ report of the Bears staff announcement; Andscape).

Sources

• NBC Sports / Pro Football Talk, "Washington announces hiring of Jennifer King as assistant running backs coach," January 26, 2021. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/washington-announces-hiring-of-jennifer-king-as-assistant-running-backs-coach — accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
• Andscape, "Jennifer King first made history in the NFL, then made more at North Carolina Central." https://andscape.com/features/jennifer-king-first-made-history-in-the-nfl-then-made-more-at-north-carolina-central/?0=source&1=single-recirc — accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
• ChicagoSportsHQ, "Chicago Bears finalize 2024 coaching staff," February 22, 2024. https://www.chicagosportshq.com/chicago-sports-football/news/chicago-bears-finalize-2024-coaching-staff-32409 — accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)
• Central Washington University, "CWU to welcome first Black female NFL coach for Black History Month event." https://www.cwu.edu/about/media-resources/news/2026/01/cwu-to-welcome-first-black-female-nfl-coach-for-black-history-month-event.php — accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)

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