Sf 49ers Female Coach
Katie sowers born august 7 1986 is an american football assistant coach.
Sf 49ers female coach. San francisco 49ers offensive assistant coach katie sowers is the second woman to hold a full time nfl coaching position and the first openly gay coach in the nfl but thats only part of her story. 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. The san francisco 49ers officially hired katie sowers for the 2017 season last week making her the teams first female assistant coach.
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. For one thing she has been an assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers only the second woman to be hired. She often posts pictures of her.
For the past two nfl seasons katie sowers has been a trailblazer in plain sight. Kyle shanahan was named the 20th head coach of the san francisco 49ers on february 6 2017. Shes also the second full time female assistant coach in.
There have been 19 head coaches in the history of the san francisco 49ers professional football franchise. Niners offensive assistant katie sowers left far right will become the first woman and the first openly gay person to coach in a super bowl on february 2. 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.
As i was finishing college. She previously spent the 2017 season with the team as a seasonal offensive assistant. In 2019 he was named.
She played professional football as a quarterback and defensive back in. Katie sowers is in her fifth season in the nfl and third as an offensive assistant with the 49ers. She has been an offensive assistant coach with the san francisco 49ers since 2017.
She was once barred from coaching an amateur basketball team because she was a lesbian.