DOVER, Del., Jan. 12, 2021 -- Delaware State assistant football coach Milo Austin is among a list of high profile speakers at the 2021 Virtual American Football Coaches Association Convention this week.
Among this year's speakers is two-time national championship coach Urban Meyer, who led the University of Florida and Ohio State to FBS national titles during his career.
Austin, the Hornets' wide receiver/special teams coach, joined the Delaware State staff in March 2019 after three seasons at Morehead State in Kentucky.
While at Morehead State, Austin was selected as the AFCA Football Championship Subdivision Assistant Coach-of- the-Year in recognition of his Commitment To Student-Athletes, Community Service, Contributions to the AFCA and Coaching Excellence.
Austin planned to address the coaches organization at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12, on the topic of "WE" Fense: Kickoff Return
Prior to joining the Hornets, Austin also held coaching positions at Division I Cincinnati, Hampton and Montana State, along with Division II Glenville State (W.Va.) and Midwestern State (Tex.). He has also held positions with the St. Louis Rams, and Lanphier (Ill.) High School. He played collegiately at Salisbury (Md.) and West Virginia.
Austin also founded and ran the Full Focus Foundation, a youth life skills development program.
He completed the Bill Walsh Minority Internship program with the St. Louis Rams in the summer of 2013, served as director of the football program at Camp Winadu in Massachusetts in the summer of 2012 and was the offensive and special teams coordinator at Lanphier High School during the 2011 season.
During the 2010 season, Austin was the director of player development at Cincinnati. He headed the "Cats in the Community" initiative and created the "CATS" Life Skills seminar program
Austin began his playing career as a cornerback at Division III Salisbury, where he was named Atlantic Central Football Conference Freshman of the Year in 2001. He was also the Eastern College Athletic Conference Eastern Region Freshman of the Year.
He finished his career at West Virginia, where he was a wide receiver on the 2004 Big East Conference Championship team.
About the AFCA
The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) is the only national organization solely dedicated to improving football coaches through ongoing education, interaction, and networking. Its primary goal is to provide resources for personal and professional development amongst the football coaching profession. The AFCA membership includes over 11,000 members and represents coaches and several stakeholders within the game of football. Any high school, junior college, international, semi-professional or professional football coach is eligible to become a member of the AFCA. Founded in December of 1921 by 43 coaches in a meeting at the Hotel Astor in New York City, the AFCA has continued to the push the envelope in regard to the growth of the profession. The AFCA strives to "maintain the highest possible standards in football and the profession of coaching football," as well as to "provide a forum for the discussion and study of all matters pertaining to football and coaching."