Titans add four coaches as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship

The Tennessee Titans have announced that Robert Saleh and his coaching staff will have four additional coaches this offseason, selecting four members of the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program to join the club in Nashville to support offseason team activities. The four coaches: D'Anthony Batiste (offensive line), Darryl Blackstock (linebackers), Larry Dace (special teams and running backs), and Jeremy Holt (performance) will observe, participate, gain experience, and, hopefully, eventually land a full-time NFL coaching position. #Titans announce addition of four coaches to the offseason training program for NFL’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program: D’Anthony Batiste (offensive line), Darryl Blackstock (linebackers), Larry Dace (special teams and running backs) Jeremy Holt (performance).

— TURRON DAVENPORT (@TDavenport_NFL) May 12, 2026 Titans running backs coach Randy Jordan serves as the club's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship coordinator and will coordinate two additional groups of coaching assistants, with a second set scheduled to be announced prior to training camp. Incredibly, Saleh’s first staff with the Titans has seven graduates of the program: Trevor Browder (Titans, 2024), Dalton Hilliard (Commanders, 2025), Greg Lewis ( Eagles , 2012), Tony Oden ( Packers , 1999; Browns , 2000), Ahmed Saleh (49ers, 2021; Packers, 2024), Rayna Stewart ( Colts , 2004), and Isaac Williams (Chiefs, 2021) as full-time coaches heading into the season. Here is a closer look at the coaches.

D'Anthony Batiste Batiste will bring his NFL offensive tackle experience to the offensive line room during these sessions. After graduating from Louisiana-Lafayette in 2003, Batiste took the long road to the league, spending two seasons in the Arena Football League, signing with the Edmonton Eskimos in Canada, before latching on with the Dallas Cowboys in 2006. In all, he saw action in 37 NFL games, making 14 starts with the Cowboys, Carolina Panthers , Atlanta Falcons, Washington Commanders , Denver Broncos , Arizona Cardinals , and Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring in 2018.

Currently a strength and conditioning intern for the football and baseball teams at the University of Las Vegas, he has eight seasons of experience as a strength and conditioning assistant with the Oakland/ Las Vegas Raiders . Darryl Blackstock Blackstock was selected for the fellowship for a second time after spending the 2022 offseason with the Los Angeles Rams . Another former NFL player, Blackstock, will bring his experience as a linebacker/defensive end to the team during the offseason.