Female Nfl Coach 49ers
She previously spent the 2017 season with the team as a seasonal offensive assistant.
Female nfl coach 49ers. In 2019 she became the first full time female. Offensive assistant katie sowers will be the first female and the first openly lgbt assistant coach to work in a super bowl. 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.
Sowers has worked for the team since 2017 when she was part of the bill walsh diversity fellowship which promotes diversity in coaching positions. Upon her retirement sowers joined the national football league in 2016 as a coach for the atlanta falcons training camp. Five things to know about 49ers assistant katie sowers the first female coach in super bowl history 1.
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. In 2019 she became the first full time female coach in nfl history.
Shes also the second full time female assistant coach in. Sowers 33 has been with the 49ers for two seasons and has been in the. She played professional football as a quarterback and defensive back in.
As i was finishing college. She was once barred from coaching an amateur basketball team because she was a lesbian. The san francisco 49ers officially hired katie sowers for the 2017 season last week making her the teams first female assistant coach.
At this years forum tampa head coach bruce arians declared he was going to hire a full time female coach citing his desire for a diverse staff. She has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017. Since sowers broke ground in san francisco more women have gotten coaching opportunities in the league.
Sowers has worked for the team since 2017 when she was part of the bill walsh diversity fellowship which promotes diversity in coaching positions.