Coach Willis gets named to AFCA Future Coaches Academy



Austin College Graduate Assistant Josh Willis has been selected to participate in the NCAA Future Football Coaches Academy, which will take place from January 9 through January 11 in conjunction with the American Football Coaches Association Convention in Dallas.

Willis, a four year letter winner for the ’Roos from Harrison, Arkansas, was an All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference performer as both a punter and a safety and finished among the team and conference leaders in tackles each of the past three seasons as a player. The NCAA Future Football Coaches Academy will give Willis, who completed his eligibility in the fall of 2010, the opportunity to pursue a career in college football coaching.

The Academy is sponsored and administered by the NCAA with the support of the AFCA, the Black Coaches’ Administrators and the National Football League.

Written by Jeff Kelly- SID