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Kathryn Smith's Bills promotion isn't surprising to those who know her work

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Joey Clinkscales, the Oakland Raiders' player personnel director, was on the road for a scouting trip Wednesday evening when he saw the headline scroll across the bottom of his television screen: The Buffalo Bills had become the first NFL team to hire a woman, Kathryn Smith, as a full-time coach.

After seeing the news scroll again, Clinkscales picked up his phone and texted Smith, who worked in the New York Jets' scouting department beginning in 2005 and was Clinkscales' administrative assistant until he left for the Raiders after the 2012 draft.