The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have made history before the 2019 NFL season has even begun.
Tampa Bay announced that it has hired Lori Locust and Maral Javadifar in full-time coaching roles—the first female full-time coaches in franchise history.
Locust was most recently a defensive line coach for the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football. Javadifar will arrive in Tampa from working as a physical therapist at Avant Physical Therapy in Seattle.
The Bucs are the first team in NFL history with two women on its coaching staff.