It’s a historic weekend in the NFL as far as coaching staffs go, and none more so than in Washington on Saturday night.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Football Team both had women on their coaching staffs as they squared off on wild-card weekend, the first NFL postseason game to see female coaches on each sideline.
With the Tampa Bay sideline were assistant defensive line coach Lori Locust and assistant strength and conditioning coach Maral Javadifar. Full-year coaching intern Jennifer King was working for Washington under head coach Ron Rivera.
It was the kind of progress that drew the attention of tennis legend Billie Jean King:
Of the eight female coaches currently in the NFL, six of them are on teams playing this weekend.