Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice is on Mike Martz's coaching staff for the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl as a co-running backs coach with former Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes.
Martz will coach the National Team. Mike Holmgren is the coach of the American Team. The teams will hold practices Tuesday through Thursday this week, with the game to be played Saturday in Carson, California, at the StubHub Center on the California State University Dominguez Hills campus.
Rice, 28, has been out of the NFL since he was released by the Ravens in September 2014 after a video emerged of him punching his then-fiancée Janay Palmer, who is now married to the three-time Pro Bowl player.
The Collegiate Bowl is for draft-eligible college players. In the week leading up to the game, the union offers an introduction to its role in the league and gives advice on the business side of the NFL. Current and former players, like Rice, are given a platform to educate young players based on their experiences.
In an interview with SportsCenter in November, Rice said he has been talking to young players about not making the same mistakes he did and that he'd like "to do something with the NFL" to help spread that message.
"I honestly would hope so," Rice said. "I think the NFL has such a huge platform, and I've seen the platform I had when I was playing, when I would go out and help people. I go out now, and I don't have an NFL platform, but I'm going out there and helping people out. So if I never played a down again, why not see if I could use their platform to go out there and help make a difference?
"Young rookies, anybody in college ... I want to be able to spread all of my experiences to help other people, to make them understand that domestic violence is not OK, not even one time."
The two coaches' full coaching staffs are below:
American Team
Head coach, Mike Holmgren
Offensive coordinator, Gil Haskell
Defensive coordinator, Jim Lind
Special teams coach, Nolan Cromwell
Offensive line coach, Steve Hutchinson
Running backs coach, Carnell "Cadillac" Williams
Tight ends coach, Keith Gilbertson
Inside wide receivers coach, Mike Wilson
Outside wide receivers coach, Matthew Hatchette
Defensive line coaches, Larry Brooks and Steve Ellison
Linebackers coach, Larry MacDuff
Safeties / defensive backs coach, Chip Vaughn
Cornerbacks coach, Darrell Green
Coaching interns, Clint Sintim and Samie Parker
National Team
Head coach, Mike Martz
Offensive coordinator, John Ramsdell
Defensive coordinator, Ron Meeks
Special teams coach, Jeff Robinson
Offensive line coaches, Jackie Slater and Dan Price
Running backs coaches, Priest Holmes and Ray Rice
Tight ends coach, Dave Ogas
Inside wide receivers Coach, Az-Zahir Hakim
Outside wide receivers coach, Andre Reed
Defensive line coach, Jeff Zgonina
Linebackers coach, Michael Merriweather
Safeties / defensive backs coach, Keith Lyle
Cornerbacks coach, Ron Lynn
Coaching intern, Gerald McGrath