1. Jennifer Welter was born on October 27,1977 and is an American football coach who was most recently a defensive specialist for the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football.
10 Facts About Jennifer Welter
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Jennifer Welter was a defensive coaching intern for the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals during their training camp and the 2015 preseason, making her the first female coaching intern in the NFL.
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Jennifer Welter is not the first female to play a male dominant sport; however, she is the second woman after ice hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser to play a "contact" position in a male dominant sport and the first woman in football to do so.
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Jennifer Welter is a veteran of several women's professional and semi-professional football teams.
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Jennifer Welter was a gold medal-winning member of Team USA at the IFAF Women's World Championship in 2010 and 2013.
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Jennifer Welter is the first woman to coach in a men's professional football league.
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Jennifer Welter's coaching style does not differ from many, according to Cardinals' Tyrann Mathieu.
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On December 11,2018, Jennifer Welter was hired by the Atlanta Legends of the newly-formed Alliance of American Football as a defensive specialist under head coach Brad Childress.
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Jennifer Welter graduated from Boston College and has a master's degree in Sport psychology and a PhD in psychology from Capella University.
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In 2015, Jennifer Welter received the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Pioneer Award in recognition for her achievements in the sports world.