Motivational SpeakersDr Jen Welter is the first female to coach in the NFL.
In the summer of 2015, she served as a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals.
Recognised as a trailblazer and pioneer in professional American Football, becoming the first woman to coach in the NFL was only her most recent first.
In 2014, Jen Welter became the first woman to play running back in a men’s professional football league.
In early 2015, Welter was hired as the first female coach in men’s professional football, helping coach the most successful Revolution season in franchise history.
Prior to joining the world of men’s professional football, Jen Welter had a highly decorated 14 year career in women’s professional football which included four National Championships and two gold medals as a member of Team USA in the 2010 and 2013 International Federation of American Football’s (IFAF) Women’s World Championship.
She is committed to increasing access and opportunities in football.
To empower women through football, Welter designed her signature program, “A Day in the Life,” Camp which debuted with the Washington Redskins women’s program in 2015.
She continues to create a range of camps for girls and women through her GRRRidiron Flag Football Camp, along with a number of other community initiatives like her Camp on the Corner program that brings football to youth in under-served areas.
Welter has appeared as a guest NFL analyst on NBC, the NFL Network and ESPN, and in national newspapers and other publications.
In October 2017, her first book, Play Big: Lessons in Being Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL was released – she reveals the grit and determination that it took to be a trailblazer in one of the country’s toughest boys’ clubs.
Jen Welter is regular empowerment and motivational sports speaker sharing the stage at events with sports and political giants like Serena Williams and Condoleeza Rice.
As a keynote speaker, Jen delivers presentations around mindset, leadership and teamwork.
Speech titles include:
- Authentic Leadership
- The Psychology of Winning: Cultivating A Champion’s Mindset
As guest editor of Wired Magazine, Serena Williams highlighted Welter as one of her Trailblazers, 10 heroes who are showing the way forward to a better, fairer world for all.
Welter was recognized at the United Nations as Sports Pioneer of the Year on Women’s Entrepreneurship Day.
ESPNW named her one of the 25 most influential women in sport in 2015.
Jen Welter holds a doctorate degree in Psychology, a Master’s in Sport Psychology, and a Bachelor’s degree from Boston College
