Kathryn Smith

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Kathryn Smith (* 1985 / 1986 in DeWitt , New York ) is an American football coach and the first female full-time coach in the National Football League (NFL). Most recently she was Special Teams Quality Control Coach at the Buffalo Bills .

NFL

Smith's NFL career began in 2003 with an internship with the New York Jets . In 2003 and 2004 she worked on the planning of games and other events of the jets before 2005 as an assistant in scouting of college Football- working players. She worked as a player manager from 2007 to 2013 before being named assistant coach to Head Coach Rex Ryan in 2014 . After the Jets fired Ryan and he was signed by the Buffalo Bills , he took Smith with him. In 2016, the Bills promoted her to Special Teams Quality Control Coach , which made her the first full-time coach in the NFL. The first female coach in the NFL was Jennifer Welter , who was hired by the Arizona Cardinals during the off-season in 2015 , but Welter was only hired temporarily and did not have a full-time position. After Sean McDermott took over the post of head coach at the Bills, Smith was fired.

Others

In 2007, Smith worked in administrative matters at St. John's University for the men's basketball team. She also graduated from the same university in 2007 with a degree in sports management .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zach Braziller: How St. John's experience helped Kathryn Smith land historic job. January 22, 2016, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c American Football: Buffalo Bills sign first full-time coach for the NFL. In: spiegel.de. January 21, 2016, accessed January 21, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Mike Rodak: Kathryn Smith hired by Bills as NFL's first full-time female coach. In: espn.go.com. ESPN, January 20, 2016, accessed January 21, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b c d BILLS NAME SMITH QUALITY CONTROL-SPECIAL TEAMS. (No longer available online.) In: buffalobills.com. Buffalo Bills, January 21, 2016; Archived from the original on January 21, 2016 ; accessed on January 21, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buffalobills.com
  5. ↑ Dan Hanzus: Bills hire Kathryn Smith, first full-time female coach. In: nfl.com. National football League, January 20, 2016, accessed January 21, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b c Buffalo Bills make Kathryn Smith NFL's first full-time female coach. January 21, 2016, accessed January 21, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Bills will not retain Kathryn Smith, NFL's first female full-time assistant coach. Retrieved March 18, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Mike Rodak: Five things to know about Bills' Kathryn Smith, first NFL female coach. In: espn.go.com. ESPN, January 21, 2016, accessed January 21, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Kathryn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football coach
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century