Nadine Nurasyid is joining the NFL and will coach the Indianapolis Colts’ defensive backs. The franchise made the announcement.

As the Indianapolis Colts announced on Monday, Nadine Nurasyid was among those named to the “Harriet P. Irsay Fellows” program for the 2026 season.

The “Harriet P. Irsay Fellowship for Women in Football Program” was launched by the Indianapolis Colts in 2023. The program offers qualified women the opportunity to gain practical experience in football operations or coaching through a one-year fellowship.

These are fields in which women have historically been underrepresented.

Nurasyid has made history several times already

Nurasyid will work with the Colts’ defensive backs. The 40-year-old is certainly qualified for this position.

For more than ten years, she gained coaching experience with the Stuttgart Surge in the European League of Football (2024–2026), the Munich Cowboys in the German Football League (2018–2023), and the Straubing Spiders in the German Football League 2 (2017–2018).

In 2022, she was named GFL Coach of the Year while serving as head coach and defensive coordinator for the Cowboys. She is also the first female head coach to lead a men’s team in the top division.

The Munich native also gained experience at the international level. From 2022 to 2024, she served as defensive backs coach for the German national team. Nurasyid is no stranger to the NFL. In 2023 and 2025, she worked as a coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Nurasyid also holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from the Technical University of Munich, as well as master’s degrees in health sciences and in sports and exercise sciences.