Nfl Female Coach 49ers

Katie sowers was the first woman and openly gay person to coach in a super bowl when her san francisco 49ers played the kansas city chiefs on feb.

Nfl female coach 49ers. Sowers 33 has been with the 49ers for two seasons and has been in the. At this year s forum tampa head coach bruce arians declared he was going to hire a full time female coach citing his desire for a diverse staff. Katie sowers is in her fifth season in the nfl and third as an offensive assistant with the 49ers. Katie sowers is an american football assistant coach.

She spoke with marketwatch. Five things to know about 49ers assistant katie sowers the first female coach in super bowl history 1. She played professional football as a quarterback and defensive back in. Offensive assistant katie sowers will be the first female and the first openly lgbt assistant coach to work in a super bowl.

She has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017. 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. As i was finishing college. Sowers began her american football career playing in the women s football alliance.

She s also the second full time female assistant coach in. 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. Two months later he doubled down hiring coach lo. Upon her retirement sowers joined the national football league in 2016 as a coach for the atlanta falcons training camp.

She previously spent the 2017 season with the team as a seasonal offensive assistant.