Former Titan Named Bidwill Coaching Fellow For Arizona Cardinals

The National Football League's Arizona Cardinals announced Thursday (March 31) its newest member of the Bidwell Coaching Fellowship program – former UW-Oshkosh football player and assistant coach Connor Senger.

Arizona Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill created the Bidwill Coaching Fellowship program in 2015 to provide individuals with more coaching opportunities at the highest level regardless of gender or race.

Senger will help coach the Cardinals' quarterbacks' room this season of Kyler Murray, Colt McCoy and Trace McSorley.

Senger is the fifth member of the Bidwill Coaching Fellowship program, following Levon Kirkland, Terry Allen, Don Shumpert (who was kept on the coaching staff as an offensive assistant) and Jordan Hogan.

The NFL put in a new rule earlier this week requiring all teams to have at least one minority/female on the offensive staff, although the Cardinals have had at least one for several years.

The Cardinals also have running backs coach James Saxon, wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson and Shumpert on staff.

Senger joined the coaching staff at Central Washington University as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach earlier this spring. He spent the previous two years at North Dakota State University as the offensive quality control coordinator and helped the Bison capture the 2021 Football Championship Subdivision national title.

Senger began his coaching career in 2017 at UW-Oshkosh, where he played 11 games at quarterback for the Titans in 2015 and 2016. The Milwaukee Pius XI High School graduate was a member of the Titans' 2016 team that played University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) in the NCAA Division III national championship game.

Senger then became the quarterbacks coach at Carroll University in 2018 and running backs coach at UW-Whitewater in 2019.

The Bidwill Coaching Fellowship program was one of several moves Bill Bidwill made during his ownership tenure before passing away in 2019.

The organization hired Adele Harris in 1979 as the Cardinals' director of community relations, making her the first African American female executive in the NFL. Bob Wallace was hired three years later as the first African American responsible for contract negotiations for an NFL Team. The club then hired Rob Graves and Dennis Green in 2004 to form the league's first African American general manager and head coaching duo.

Current Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill has continued his father's works since taking over the ownership role. The league honored him with the "Paul J. Tagliabue Award" in 2019 for demonstrating integrity and leadership in career development opportunities for minority candidates and advocacy for diversity on the league and club level.

Release courtesy of Arizona Cardinals • Photo courtesy of North Dakota State University