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To close off #womensweek we’ve got 2 women who made waves in the NFL in 2019 with the buccaneers — Tampa Bay announced that it has hired Lori Locust and Maral Javadifar in full-time coaching roles—the first female full-time coaches in franchise history. Locust's title is assistant defensive line coach, and Javadifar will serve as assistant strength and conditioning coach. — Locust joins the Buccaneers after working as the defensive line coach for the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football during the league's inaugural season this spring. In 2018, Locust served as a defensive coaching intern for the Baltimore Ravens during the team's training camp and, from 2017-18, worked as a defensive line/linebackers coach and co-special teams coordinator of the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks of the National Arena League. — Javadifar’s role is more unique because she is able to combine being a performance coach with a sports medicine background. Her focus is on breaking down the way a player...

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