SPRING \u2013 Standing in front of a large group of football players, Ramon Chinyoung reminded them about what\u2019s possible when you dream big and work hard.<\/p>\n
Chinyoung is rising on the NFL coaching ladder. His roots are in Houston, though, at the high school football level as the head coach at Willow ridge.<\/p>\n
Now, Chinyoung is the Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach after previous stints as the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 assistant offensive line coach and the Denver Broncos\u2019 quality control coach.<\/p>\n
Chinyoung imparted knowledge about the game and life lessons at his first annual Country Coachin\u2019 youth football camp Tuesday morning at Planet Ford Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been fantastic, it\u2019s been great,\u201d Chinyoung told KPRC 2. \u201cJust the opportunity to give back to the community, a community that served me and my wife and has been great in my monumental growth. It\u2019s just an amazing blessing to be able to give back and to bring the first camp of its kind like this to Spring.\u201d<\/p>\n
A former Southern University all-conference football player, Chinyoung coached at Westfield for eight seasons. As assistant head coach, Chinyoung helped the team win 47 games and go undefeated in district play in each of his final four seasons. At Willowridge, he led the Eagles to the playoffs before heading to the NFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was a high school ball player, I wanted to make it to the National Football League, like all high school players,\u201d Chinyoung said. \u201cAnd when that didn\u2019t happen for me, I really didn\u2019t know what I wanted to do in life.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt actually took my father-in-law and my wife to talk me into going back to my high school and volunteering. I did that for a year, coached there for the next eight years, and I just fell in love with giving back and seeing that joy in so many of the young athletes that I had the opportunity to serve, not just in football, right? There\u2019s no greater feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n
The campers were joined by former Denver Broncos wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland, a Westfield graduate who has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Indianapolis Colts and in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<\/p>\n
Being back in Texas was meaningful to Chinyoung.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love it, I miss it,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re doing a great job of being resilient in this heat and having fun and competing and keeping a positive attitude. You never know how you may one day be impacted by somebody that you come in contact with on a daily basis. So treat everybody with respect. Do right by everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chinyoung is coaching running backs Jaylen Warren and Rico Dowdle in Pittsburgh as part of coach Mike McCarthy\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a great spring, but, most importantly, the backfield has been awesome,\u201d Chinyuong said. \u201cThe experience has been awesome, right? For me, going from the offensive line room to the running back room has been just a breath of fresh air from a standpoint of now you see why those combinations, the communication upfront, the intricacies of the offensive line play is so valuable, not just for them, but for the ball carriers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI get to bridge that gap and to build that bridge between the two positions with my experience from offensive line now taking it to the running back room, man. So ,it\u2019s been a breath of fresh air. I got so many great guys in the room, and it\u2019s been a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Going with McCarthy to Pittsburgh after working with him in Dallas has been a rewarding experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s just a great man,\u201d Chinyoung said. \u201cHe\u2019s a great leader. He\u2019s a servant leader, and he\u2019s somebody that\u2019s dear to my heart, not just because he hired me, but because he\u2019s someone who believed in me. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so thankful for coach McCarthy, man. He is a phenomenal leader, phenomenal person, and he\u2019s been monumental in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, the Steelers got a boost when legendary quarterback Aaron Rodgers agreed to play a final season for the AFC North franchise.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have him back,\u201d Chinyoung said. \u201cJust his leadership, just the charisma and the detail that he brings to the table and the way he runs the room and owns that room is just such a blessing to be able to see. I\u2019m definitely looking forward to getting to work with him, and I can\u2019t wait to see what happens this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com<\/p>\n
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