Milan Bolden-Morris Hired by Michigan FB as 1st Female Graduate Assistant in Power 5
Milan Bolden-Morris and the Michigan Wolverines football program made history Tuesday.
Michigan announced it has hired Bolden-Morris as a graduate assistant coach who will work with the team's quarterbacks. She is the first female graduate assistant coach hired by a Power Five program since 1986 and the first-ever in the Big Ten.
The school's announcement included a statement from Bolden-Morris on her hiring:
"It speaks volumes to the efforts that Coach [Jim] Harbaugh has made to create an environment of inclusion. These opportunities have been an anomaly for a black woman until recently. Growing up watching my dad coach my brother, it has always been my dream to be a part of a football team in some form, so this opportunity is allowing me to live out a dream of mine, especially working with quarterbacks. Coming from the basketball world, guards and quarterbacks are one in the same. Both have the ability to make decisions under duress, read defenses, take care of the ball, and execute with precision and accuracy."
She comes to the Wolverines after playing college basketball at Boston College and Georgetown. She started all 29 games for the Hoyas this season, leading the team in scoring at 12.6 points per game and topping the Big East with 83 made three-pointers.
Kirkland Crawford of the Detroit Free Press noted Bolden-Morris is the sister of Michigan defensive end Mike Morris. She is slated to start at Michigan on June 1.
The Wolverines are coming off their first Big Ten title and College Football Playoff appearance in Harbaugh's seven years.
