Female Coach 49ers
In 2019 she became the first full time female coach in nfl history.
Female coach 49ers. 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. 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. Per the post sowers was seated in economy class while each of her fellow full time coaches and other team staffers sat in first class.
Sowers 33 has been with the 49ers for two seasons and has been in the. She previously spent the 2017 season with the team as a seasonal offensive assistant. The 49ers broke ground in 2019 by hiring katie sowers as the first full time female coach in nfl history. 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.
Sowers began her american football career playing in the women s football alliance. She has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017. As i was finishing college. She played professional football as a quarterback and defensive back in.
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. She was once barred from coaching an amateur basketball team because she was a lesbian. Katie sowers is an american football assistant coach. Upon her retirement sowers joined the national football league in 2016 as a coach for the atlanta falcons training camp.
Sowers has worked for the team since 2017 when she was part of the bill walsh diversity fellowship which promotes diversity in coaching positions. 49ers assistant katie sowers first female coach in super bowl also has roots in kansas city posted jan 30 2020 san francisco 49ers assistant coach katie sowers speaks to reporters during opening.