Lance Schulters faced a dilemma when his decade as an NFL player was ending.
Schulters knew he wanted to continue in the game, possibly in coaching. The problem: He was told to basically start from scratch, sort of like a proven chef being told to work the grill at McDonald's.
"Why do I have to do that, like go back to college or high school ... why have to start from the bottom if I have the knowledge already from playing for 10 years? Why go through that grunt work?" he asks.
Then Schulters was introduced to the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship, now in its fourth decade of providing opportunities for minorities.