Collette Smith made history Saturday in becoming the Jets’ first female coach.
Collette Smith becomes the third woman to coach in the NFL history today as a coach for the @nyjets #blackgirlmagic pic.twitter.com/E2kT602Vao
— We Got Game 2 (@WeGotGame2) July 29, 2017
Smith, 44, is a coaching intern this summer with the Jets, assisting defensive backs coach Dennard Wilson. Smith attended a few Jets practices last year and got the attention of coach Todd Bowles.
“I met Collette over a year ago,” Bowles said Saturday. “She came to a few practices.