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Dartmouth hires Alexandria native as first female Division I college football coach
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Dartmouth hires Alexandria native as first female Division I college football coach
By Jacob Bogage
September 13 at 11:50 AM
Callie Brownson. (Gil Talbot/Dartmouth Athletics)
Callie Brownson was nearly through a two-week preseason internship with the Dartmouth football team when the Big Green’s wide receivers went to Coach Buddy Teevens with a proposal.
Dartmouth had an opening for an offensive assistant coach. The players wanted Brownson to fill it, making her college football’s first female full-time Division I coach.
It’s the latest peak in Brownson’s football career, in which she has become an accidental trailblazer for women in football’s highest ranks. She interned in the New York Jets scouting department in the summer of 2017. She’s attended national invitation-only football skills and coaching camps. She’s considered one of women’s professional football’s all-time greats.
Her role at Dartmouth, formally as an offensive quality control assistant, is just the start, she said.
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Jacob Bogage writes about sports for The Post, where he has worked since 2015. He previously covered the automotive and manufacturing industries for the Business section. Follow https://twitter.com/jacobbogage
Dartmouth hires Alexandria native as first female Division I college football coach
By Jacob Bogage
September 13 at 11:50 AM
Callie Brownson. (Gil Talbot/Dartmouth Athletics)
Callie Brownson was nearly through a two-week preseason internship with the Dartmouth football team when the Big Green’s wide receivers went to Coach Buddy Teevens with a proposal.
Dartmouth had an opening for an offensive assistant coach. The players wanted Brownson to fill it, making her college football’s first female full-time Division I coach.
It’s the latest peak in Brownson’s football career, in which she has become an accidental trailblazer for women in football’s highest ranks. She interned in the New York Jets scouting department in the summer of 2017. She’s attended national invitation-only football skills and coaching camps. She’s considered one of women’s professional football’s all-time greats.
Her role at Dartmouth, formally as an offensive quality control assistant, is just the start, she said.
....
Jacob Bogage writes about sports for The Post, where he has worked since 2015. He previously covered the automotive and manufacturing industries for the Business section. Follow https://twitter.com/jacobbogage
