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‘I’m Here as a Football Coach’

My name is Jen Welter and I am the NFL’s first female coach.

To be exact, I am a training camp and preseason intern with the Arizona Cardinals, working with inside linebackers. By now, you may know my story. I played 14 seasons of pro football, including a season of playing running back and special teams for the Texas Revolution of the (previously all-male) Indoor Football League. I also coached for the Revolution and have a PhD in psychology.

But here I am, at 37, with the opportunity of a lifetime. I am so thankful to head coach Bruce Arians, a forward-thinker who is not afraid to be different.