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Native Kansan Becomes First Woman to Coach in Super Bowl

By Greg Echlin
Published January 29, 2020 at 9:25 PM CST
San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers grew up in Hesston, Kansas. She also has the Kansas City skyline tattooed on her forearm. (AP Photo by Jose Lepe)
San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers grew up in Hesston, Kansas. She also has the Kansas City skyline tattooed on her forearm. (AP Photo by Jose Lepe)

The Kansas City Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers this Sunday in Super Bowl LIV (54). No matter what happens during the big game in Miami, one Kansas woman will make sporting history of her own. Katie Sowers will become the first woman to coach in the Super Bowl. Sowers is an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers, but as Greg Echlin reports, the 33-year-old has deep roots in Kansas City and in rural Kansas.

Greg Echlin reports on sports for Kansas Public Radio and the Kansas News Network. He's in Miami for Super Bowl LIV. Follow him on Twitter.

 
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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