Clyde Edwards has learned a lot over the past month.

Over the course of late July and early August, Edwards, Paetow’s co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, got a chance to do something which he never thought he’d be able to, spending time with the Baltimore Ravens training camp as part of the NFL’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship.

“It was an amazing experience,” Edwards said. “I had been on the player side of it before, but being in an NFL environment as a coach was awesome. I really got a chance to see everything that goes into it from a coaching and management standpoint. There’s an incredible amount of detail that goes into it and it really opened my eyes.”

The Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship gives chances every year for talented coaches around the nation to participate as a coach in OTAs, minicamp or Training Camp and encourages more hiring of minority coaches around the league.

Edwards got the chance for multiple weeks in training camp and on top of that got chosen to participate with the Ravens, an organization he was ecstatic to work under. Especially with a well run staff all the way from the general managers office to the position coaches.

“As an offensive coach, being able to sit in those room, listen to those conversations and see how they teach and go about things from a schematic standpoint, it was everything I could have ever asked for. “Edwards said. “Being able to implement some of those things they did and bring it down and help the kids at Paetow just makes me a better coach, and will hopefully lead to our offense being even better. What I’m so excited about it.”

But the most important thing he took from his time with the Ravens came from watching longtime head coach John Harbaugh.

“The way he goes about his job and the way he manages things was the most insightful thing for me,” Edwards said. “He surrounds himself and hires good people, you can see how confident he is in them and that allows him to just manage everything. Those guys focus in and really work hard with the dudes and Harbaugh oversees the practice but trusts his coaches to do the job they were hired to do. Structurally and organizationally I was just so impressed with everything there with the Ravens.”

The biggest thing for Edwards was taking what he learned and applying it to his current position, helping the Panthers be the best they can be. He has been working on that since he has gotten back and Edwards can’t wait for the team to show their progress when they get to the regular season.

“I’m so excited about it,” Edwards said. “We got talent here all over the place, both up front and at the skill positions and we have some really good pieces. We think this can be a really good offense we just have to keep at it and keep improving every day. That’s what it’s all about.”