The Buffalo Bills and Kathryn Smith made history Wednesday night.
The Bills hired Smith as their special teams quality control coach, making her the first full-time female coach in NFL history.
“Kathryn Smith has done an outstanding job in the seven years that she has worked with our staff,” Bills head coach Rex Ryan said in a statement. “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.”
“Kathryn has been working in a football administrative role an…