The Buffalo Bills hired the first full-time female coach in the N.F.L.

I don't pay any attention to sports but I want this job (for a day).

Buffalo Adds Woman to Coaching Staff

By KEN BELSON JAN. 20, 2016

The Buffalo Bills hired the first full-time female coach in the N.F.L. on Wednesday when Kathryn Smith was appointed their special teams quality control coach.

The announcement came less than a year after the Arizona Cardinals hired Jen Welter to work with their inside linebackers during training camp and the preseason.

Like many coaches, Smith got her job through relationships she built elsewhere. She spent 12 years working for the Jets, first as a game-day intern and then as a college scouting intern and player personnel assistant. In 2014, the last year Bills Coach Rex Ryan worked for the Jets, she was the assistant to the head coach.

“She certainly deserves this promotion based on her knowledge and strong commitment, just to name a couple of her outstanding qualities, and I just know she’s going to do a great job serving in the role of quality control-special teams,” Ryan said in a statement. “She has proven that she’s ready for the next step, so I’m excited and proud for her.”