With her joining the Cardinals, though, Welter becomes the first women to step foot into the NFL as a coach.
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The Arizona Cardinals have hired Jen Welter to coach inside linebackers through their upcoming training camp and preseason. She will help coach inside linebackers.
PERSONAL:Attended W.H. Adamson High School (Dallas, Texas) where he was a 2008 first-team All-District 11-4A honoree as a senior…invited to the 2007 All-American Bowl Game Classic…also played basketball and averaged 11.4 points and 9.2 rebounds as a junior forward…did not play football before his junior season.
“Coaching is nothing more than teaching”, head coach Bruce Arians said via the team’s website.
“He tells me he’s not going to play”, Zuckerman said. If you can make me better, I don’t (care) if you’re the Green Hornet.
“I really believe she’ll have a great opportunity with this internship through training camp to open some doors for her”.
The team announced the addition on Monday and said Welter would work with the inside linebackers. If I were a betting woman I’d say that this shot at coaching in the NFL will not be Welter’s last.
Jen Welter, 37, will join the Cardinals coaching staff for the summer.
The Cardinals, under owner Michael Bidwill, have often been at the forefront of NFL diversity efforts. She went on to become an assistant coach for the Revolution.
“It’s not going to be a distraction in any way”, Arians said.
These changes stem from the use of underinflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game, which led to a four-game suspension for New England quarterback Tom Brady, a $1 million fine for the Patriots and the loss of two draft picks. He added that the Cardinals’ veterans with whom he spoke beforehand “were all very cool with it”.
The move comes at a time when women have made some small inroads into the male professional sports.
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“I believe very strongly in it”, Arians said.
