49ers Female Coach

Since sowers broke ground in san francisco more women have gotten coaching opportunities in the league.

49ers female coach. She was once barred from coaching an amateur basketball team because she was a lesbian. While the 49ers have been at the forefront of equality in hiring katie s twin sister liz spoke out on instagram regarding alleged inequitable treatment of katie as an employee. Ifaf women s world champion 2013 katie sowers born august 7 1986 is an american football assistant coach. She played professional football as a quarterback and defensive back in.

Sowers has been employed by the team since 2017 when she was part of the bill walsh diversity fellowship which promotes diversity in coaching positions. She has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017. Sowers has worked for the team since 2017 when she was part of the bill walsh diversity fellowship which promotes diversity in coaching positions. In 2019 she became the first full time female coach in nfl history.

That isn t lost on the 49ers players. Katie sowers is in her fifth season in the nfl and third as an offensive assistant with the 49ers. Five things to know about 49ers assistant katie sowers the first female coach in super bowl history 1. Offensive assistant katie sowers will be the first female and the first openly lgbt assistant coach to work in a super bowl.

The san francisco 49ers officially hired katie sowers for the 2017 season last week making her the team s first female assistant coach. Nick wagoner espn staff writer miami on sunday san francisco 49ers offensive assistant katie sowers will become the first female member of an nfl staff to coach in a super bowl. But it s not a big deal to the 49ers that they re being coached by a. She previously spent the 2017 season with the team as a seasonal offensive assistant.

According to her sister s instagram account san francisco assistant coach katie sowers was the only full time coach not permitted to sit in first class on the team s flight back from new york. As i was finishing college. Sowers 33 has been with the 49ers for two seasons and has been in the. He 49ers broke ground in 2019 by hiring katie sowers as the first full time female coach in nfl history.