For Welter, she never saw her appointment coming, telling reporters at
a press conference,"I could not have dreamed big enough to imagine this day could ever come.".
Welter, who played rugby in college
and 14 years of professional football(primarily in the Women's Football Alliance), also suited up as a running back for Texas Revolution, a professional indoor football league.
Jen Welter, who played 14 years of women's pro football,
has now become the first female coach in the NFL and will serve as a coaching intern in the preseason and training camp.