The Redskins’ interest in hiring King was first reported by the Athletic. As a basketball coach, she led Johnson & Wales to a U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association national championship in 2018. She told the Carolina Panthers’ website that during that year’s Pro Bowl she met Rivera at a forum meant for women to establish those types of connections with the league. Last summer she assisted running backs coach Jake Peetz, even taking over the group for a brief time that summer when Peetz’s wife had a baby. There’s a lot of forward thinkers in this room,” Rivera told attendees at a women’s career in football forum last year.

Source: Washington Post February 08, 2020 20:53 UTC