Katie Sowers Sf 49ers
She played professional football as a quarterback and defensive back in.
Katie sowers sf 49ers. She has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017. Santa clara ca january 19. Upon katies retirement she joined the national football league in 2016 as a coach for the.
Katie sowers born august 7 1986 is an american football assistant coach. Sowers a former member of the 2013 united states womens national football team joined shanahans staff the next season in san francisco as part of the 49ers bill walsh minority fellowship and worked with the teams wide receivers. Katie sowers is a renowned american offensive assistant football coach currently working with the nfl s san francisco 49ers since 2017.
Sowers joined the hesston college and goshen college in the 2000s. Five things to know about 49ers assistant katie sowers the first female coach in super bowl history 1. She was promoted to her current position of an offensive assistant coach in 2018.
Katie sowers is the first woman and openly gay coach in super bowl history. San francisco 49ers assistant coach katie sowers has been groundbreaking for the nfl in a number of ways. Sowers started her american football career playing in the womens football alliance.
Sowers began her american football career playing in the womens football allianceupon her retirement sowers joined the national football league in 2016 as a coach for the atlanta falcons training camp. She was once barred from coaching an amateur basketball team because she was a lesbian. Katie sowers is a football assistant coach who has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017.
San francisco 49ers offensive assistant katie sowers throws passes on the field before their nfc championship game against the green bay packers at levis stadium in. As i was finishing college. According to her sisters instagram account san francisco assistant coach katie sowers was the only full time coach not permitted to sit in first class on the teams flight back from new york.
She previously spent the 2017 season with the team as a seasonal offensive assistant. She has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017.