In the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others, Navy football convened a series of virtual team meetings to discuss systemic racism and social justice.
Head coach Ken Niumatalolo termed those sessions “powerful, productive and impactful.” In fact, the 12th-year head coach was so moved by what he heard from players of all races and ethnicities he felt compelled to continue the conversation.
In June, Niumatalolo quietly created the Navy Football Players Council for Racial Equality. Veteran assistant Robert “RB” Green was appointed Director of Racial Equality to help shepherd the newly formed panel.