Female Coach For The 49ers
Offensive assistant katie sowers will be the first female and the first openly lgbt assistant coach to work in a super bowl.
Female coach for the 49ers. He 49ers broke ground in 2019 by hiring katie sowers as the first full time female coach in nfl history. She has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017. The offensive assistant helped propel an offensive attack that was second in rushing and. 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.
A season long position on kyle shanahan s coaching. 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. 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.
Katie sowers the first female coach in 49ers history is expected to remain on staff through the season after completing her internship friday. She previously spent the 2017 season with the team as a seasonal offensive assistant. Sowers 33 has been with the 49ers for two seasons and has been in the. Since sowers broke ground in san francisco more women have gotten coaching opportunities in the league.
Katie sowers is in her fifth season in the nfl and third as an offensive assistant with the 49ers. The san francisco 49ers officially hired katie sowers for the 2017 season last week making her the team s first female assistant coach. In 2019 she became the first full time female coach in nfl history. 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. 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.