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Cardinals hire NFL's first female coach

The Arizona Cardinals made a little bit of NFL history Monday evening.

Head coach Bruce Arians has hired Dr. Jen Welter as a training camp/preseason intern who will work with the Cardinals' inside linebackers.

Welter is believed to be the first female to be hired as a coach in the NFL.

“Coaching is nothing more than teaching. One thing I have learned from players is, ‘How are you going to make me better? If you can make me better, I don’t care if you’re the Green Hornet, man, I’ll listen.’ I really believe she’ll have a great opportunity with this internship through training camp to open some doors for her,” Arians told the media Monday, via the Cardinals' official site.