JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville Jaguars have announced three additions to the coaching staff as part of the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program: Ari Confesor, Anthony Gaitor and Dawson Odoms. The three coaches will be with the team for the Jaguars' offseason program from May to June.
For over 30 years, the league-wide fellowship program has helped outstanding coaches gain exposure to NFL training camps and offseason workout programs.
Ari Confesor
- Confesor brings 15 years of coaching and scouting experience with stops at the University of Rhode Island (2009-12 and 2013-18), the Kansas City Chiefs (2012-13), College of the Holy Cross (2018-19), the United States Air Force Academy (2019-23) and Wake Forest University (2023-25). He most recently served as wide receivers coach at Wake Forest University and tutored the program's all-time leader in receiving yards, WR Taylor Morin, to Honorable Mention All-ACC honors in 2024.
- Confesor earned a bachelor's degree in political science from College of the Holy Cross, where he was a wide receiver/return specialist from 2000-04. He was a two-time All-America selection and is Holy Cross' all-time leader with 2,352 career receiving yards, 2,267 career kickoff-return yards and 5,370 career all-purpose yards. He was inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019. A native of Providence, R.I., he and his wife, Katie, have two daughters, Nora and Madalina, and a son, Camden.
Anthony Gaitor
- Gaitor has spent the past three years on Florida International University's coaching staff as quality control analyst/defensive assistant coach (2022), outside linebackers coach (2023) and cornerbacks coach (2024-present). Under his guidance in 2024, Florida International finished second in the conference with 11 interceptions and third in passing defense.
- Gaitor was drafted as a cornerback by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round (222nd overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft. He spent time from 2011-19 in the NFL with Tampa Bay, Miami, Arizona and New Orleans, and in the CFL with the BC Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Gaitor played collegiately at Florida International from 2007-10 and accumulated 197 tackles, 35 passes defensed, 19 tackles for loss, 11 interceptions (three returned for touchdowns) and 4.0 sacks. Gaitor is a native of Miami, Fla., and attended Miami Northwestern High School.
Dawson Odoms
- Dawson most recently served as head coach at Norfolk State University from 2021-24. In his first season, the Spartans finished 6-5 after a six-game winning streak, the program's first winning campaign since 2007. He has coached collegiately since 1999 with stops at Gardner-Web University (1999), Georgia Southern University (2000-01), Clark Atlanta University (2002-05), Bethune-Cookman University (2005-08), North Carolina A&T State University (2009-11), Southern University (2011-21, including nine seasons as head coach from 2013-21) and Norfolk State University (2021-24).
- Dawson earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from North Carolina Central University. A defensive lineman at NCCU, Odums was a team captain and All-CIAA selection as a senior. The Shelby, N.C., native and his wife, Audrey, have two daughters, Jasmine and Jaiden.
