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July 28, 2015
Arizona Cardinals hire NFL's first-ever female coaching intern: The Arizona Cardinals have hired Jen Welter, who is believed to be the first woman to hold an NFL coaching position of any kind, as a training camp/preseason intern working with the team's inside linebackers.
"Coaching is nothing more than teaching," Arians said Monday. "One thing I have learned from players is, 'How are you going to make me better? If you can make me better, I don't care if you're the Green Hornet, man, I’ll listen.'"
A new generation of people in power positions means the old generation with their prejudices is no longer in power.
I'm curious what my 2-year-old daughter will see as "normal" when she's in her adult years, but I'll still consider "ground-breaking".
Female president?
Female MLB pitcher?
Female NHL coach?
posted by grum@work at 12:43 PM on July 28, 2015
Arians is cool for doing this I know a woman who plays semi-pro football in Dallas. I've asked her if she knows Welter.
posted by rcade at 05:56 PM on July 28, 2015
Between Welter, Sarah Thomas being hired as a full-time NFL Referee and Becky Hammon leading the Spurs to the Summer League title, there have quickly been some major inroads by women into new territory. Pretty awesome.