NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State assistant football coach La Quaid Manago has been selected to serve as a Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellow with the Washington Commanders this summer.

Manago will work with the Commanders' running backs during training camp.

Established in 1987, the Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship provides NFL coaching experience to a diverse group of participants every year. The program is named after the man who conceived the idea – late Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach Bill Walsh - and exposes talented minority college coaches, high school coaches and former players to the methods and philosophies of NFL coaching staffs. Walsh introduced the concept to the league in 1987 when he brought a group of minority coaches into his San Francisco 49ers' training camp.

Manago is entering his second year on the Spartans' football staff. After coaching the team's tight ends last season, he will serve as offensive line coach this year.