(Reuters) - The Buffalo Bills became the first National Football League (NFL) team to appoint a full-time female coach when they announced Kathryn Smith as their new head of quality control-special teams on Wednesday.
"Kathryn Smith has done an outstanding job in the seven years that she has worked with our staff," Bills head coach Rex Ryan said in a statement of Smith, who also worked with him at his previous team, the New York Jets.
"She certainly deserves this promotion based on her knowledge and strong commitment, just to name a couple of her outstanding qualities, and I just know she's going to do a great job serving in the role of quality control-special teams.