One NFL team has made history, hiring a woman as a coach - a first for the league.

Jen Welter played Rugby at Boston College and spent nearly 15 years in the woman's football league. Additionally, she spent time in a men's semi-pro league as a running back, reports NBC:  

"I want little girls everywhere to grow up knowing they can do anything, even play football," Welter said last year on NBC's TODAY.

With the Cardinals, Welter will work with inside linebackers as a training camp-preseason intern coach. She's also a veteran at coaching men, moving to the Cardinals from the Revolution, for whom she was linebackers and special teams coach.

Yes, she carried the ball, was chased and went caught, tackled by the guys...big ones. You can find photos on her Twitter page.




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