Autumn Lockwood Biography
Autumn Marie Lockwood is a Philadelphia Eagles assistant sports performance coach who made history as the first Black woman coach to win an NFL championship after Eagles Super Bowl LIX win against Kansas City Chiefs.
She previously made history as the first black woman to coach in a Super Bowl in 2023 while serving as an assistant sports performance coach for the Philadelphia Eagles during Super Bowl LVII.
What is Lockwood’s Education Background
Lockwood went to the University of Arizona after high school as a criminal justice major with an original goal of becoming an Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms special agent. She also holds a master’s degree in Sports Management from East Tennesse State University.
Lockwood is a Daughter of a Football Coach
Autumn is the daughter of David Lockwood and Heidi R Lockwood. She was born in 1993 in Chester, Pennsylvania but was brought up in Morgantown, West Virginia. She stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches tall. She was brought up alongside her two younger brothers; David Philip Lockwood Jr and Jeff Lockwood.
Her father David Lockwood is a veteran college football coach serving as the safeties coach for Shawn Clark’s App State staff. His coaching experience spans more than 20 years and has been part of 17 bowl appearances and 11 bowl wins throughout his career, including 14 straight bowl trips from 2002-15.
He was a secondary coach at Nevada from 2018-19 helping them make a back-to-back bowl appearances including a 16-13 Arizona Bowl victory over Arkansas State in 2018.
He had a three-year starter at cornerback for the Mountaineers of West Virginia, his three bowl trips included playing for the 1988 national championship in the Fiesta Bowl. He had multiple stints in West Virginia coaching the Mountaineer cornerbacks in 2008-11 (finished 11th in the nation in pass defense in 2010); the defensive backs in 2000 (finished ninth in the nation with 19 interceptions and won the Music City Bowl); and starting his collegiate career as a graduate assistant in 1989.
Autumn Lockwood Husband
Lockwood is not married. There is very minimal information about her personal life as people focus mostly on her career achievements as she is breaking barriers in the NFL.
Autumn is a Philadelphia Eagles assistant sports performance coach
Autumn is a Philadelphia Eagles assistant sports performance coach a role she was appointed to during the 2023 offseason. She joined the Eagles in 2022 as a strength and conditioning associate. At the time, she made history as the first black woman to coach on Super Bowl.
Prior to joining the Eagles, she served as the director of sports performance at the University of Houston (2021-22) and was a condinator of sports performance for women’s soccer, basketball and softball at the University of Houston(2020-21).
She gained her first NFL experience in 2019 as an intern for the Atlanta Falcons as part of the Bill Walsh Coaching Fellowing working with the strength and conditioning department during OTA’s.
From 2018- 2021 she was the assistant director of basketball sports performance at East Tennessee State. She had also interned with UNLV’s football program (2017-18) and assisted strength and conditioning efforts for the University of Arizona’s Olympic sports (2017). In addition, while she was still a student at the University of Arizona, she was a student sports information director responsible for covering Football and Men’s/Women’s Golf primarily among other roles.
Autumn Lockwood Salary
Autumn’s salary as an assistant sports performance coach for Philadelphia Eagles is not public.
Autumn played Soccer in School
While at University High School, Lockwood played soccer as a defense. She was voted team captain in 2011 and was named all-state in 2010 by Soccer Coaches’ Association as well as first-team all-state by Sports Writers’ Association. In 2012, she was voted Co-Defender of the Year and West Virginia Girls All-Star Most Valuable Defensive Player. She helped lead her team to AAA State Championship in 2009 and 2010.