First Female Coach Brings NFL History to Detroit
NFL’s first female coach says teammates had to tell her she was making history, there was no role model for her.
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Over the weekend the Detroit Tigers brought a piece of pro football history to the Metro region.
The team hosted a panel on women in sports that included the Arizona Cardinals’ Doctor Jen Welter – the first female coach in the history of the NFL.
Welter told WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter the fact she’s coaching a professional football team still comes as something of a shock to her.