San Francisco 49ers Woman Coach

49ers assistant coach katie sowers is living her dream santa clara cbs sf a smile crept across san francisco 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo s face when asked to describe what it is like playing for one of the very few female assistant football coaches in the national football league.

San francisco 49ers woman coach. 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. There have been 19 head coaches in the history of the san francisco 49ers professional football franchise. Katie sowers born august 7 1986 is an american football assistant coach. She spoke with marketwatch.

She has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017. Buck shaw became the first head coach of the 49ers in 1946 serving for nine. Katie sowers 33 is the assistant coach for the san francisco 49ers and this sunday she will become the first full time female and openly lgbtq person to coach a team at the super bowl. Sowers began her american football career playing in the women s football alliance upon her retirement sowers joined the national football league in 2016 as a coach for the atlanta falcons training camp.

Sowers originally joined san francisco in june of 2017 as part of the 49ers 2017 bill walsh minority fellowship where she worked with the team s wide receivers. The offensive assistant helped propel an offensive attack that was second in rushing and second in. The san francisco 49ers franchise was formed in 1946 as a charter member of the all america football conference aafc before joining the national football league nfl in 1950 after the aafc merger with the nfl. For the past two nfl seasons katie sowers has been a trailblazer in plain sight.

The san francisco 49ers officially hired katie sowers for the 2017 season last week making her the team s first female assistant coach. For one thing she has been an assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers only the second woman to be hired. Now sowers is making history herself becoming the first woman and openly gay person to coach in a super bowl.