From Camp to Sowers: A Needed History of Women Football Coaches

By Katie Taylor In 2015, the Arizona Cardinals broke new ground in the NFL by hiring Jen Welter as a training camp assistant coach, the first woman to hold such a position. Less than a year later the Buffalo Bills hired Kathryn Smith as a full-time, quality control-special teams coach, though she unfortunately lost this…

The Intellectual Coach: Kerr, Popovich, and the Culture of Coaching

By Andrew McGregor Editor’s Note: The bulk of this post first appeared at the Society for U.S. Intellectual History (S-USIH) Blog on January 25th. It has undergone slight revision and is being cross-posted here with permission. Over the past year we’ve been witnessing a revival of athlete activism reminiscent of the “Revolt of the Black…

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From Camp to Sowers: A Needed History of Women Football Coaches

The Intellectual Coach: Kerr, Popovich, and the Culture of Coaching