It’s officially Women’s History Month. Last month’s Super Bowl LV in Tampa proved to serve as another breakthrough for women in sports, in a stretch of months that’s been full of them.
Sarah Thomas became the first woman to be an official in a Super Bowl, while the Buccaneers had two female assistant coaches, defensive line assistant Lori Locust and assistant strength and conditioning coach Maral Javadifar, who became the first women assistants to be a part of a Super Bowl-winning team.
Locust and Javadifar followed in the footsteps of Katie Sowers, an assistant for the San Francisco 49ers who became the first woman to coach in a Super Bowl last year.