In what was already a historic night capping a once-in-a-lifetime season, the Buccaneers' 31-9 win over the Chiefs in Super Bowl LV carried even more significance. With the victory, assistant coaches Lori Locust and Maral Javadifar became the first women coaches to win a Super Bowl championship in league history.
Locust, an assistant defensive line coach, is in her second season with Tampa Bay, and helped guide a unit that hounded Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes all night. Javadifar is an assistant strength and conditioning coach, and is also in her second year with the franchise.
Locust has coached as an intern with the Ravens and has also been an assistant in the Alliance of American Football and National Arena League.