The NFL's First Female Coach - Jen Welter on Being Limitless and Blazing Your Own Trail

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Jen Welter is the first female to coach in the National Football League (NFL) when she served as a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals in 2015. She joins Insight with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Los Angeles, CA to talk about her journey from a kid who loved football, to playing the sport to becoming a coach. Her book titled, "Play Big: Lessons in Being Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL" describes how she has spent her entire life blazing her own trail and she hopes to encourage young women to follow in her footsteps. For more information on Jen Welter visit: http://jenwelter.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bluie!
0:07.9	Welcome back, my friends, to another audio adventure on Insight.
0:12.0	Thank you so much for being with us wherever you are, and whatever you're doing right now.
0:17.4	You're awesome, by the way.
0:19.4	And so is my guest today.
0:21.1	Jen Welter has the distinction of being the first ever female coach in the history of the NFL.
0:27.5	And her story is incredible.
0:30.3	You're going to be so inspired by this.
0:32.3	You can find her on Twitter at J. Welter 47.
0:35.6	On Instagram, she's at Welter 47. And you can check her out on her website. It's
0:40.9	Jen Welter.com. If you're looking for me on Instagram or Twitter, I'm just at Chris Van Fleet.
0:47.1	I'm also on TikTok these days. Chris Dot Van Fleet on there. Can you believe Chris Van Fleet was
0:53.9	taken on there? So I'm Chris dot
0:55.3	Van Vleet on TikTok. And if you're not already, make sure to hit subscribe or follow on whatever
1:00.9	podcast platform it is that you're listening on right now. This conversation is one about
1:07.5	drive and determination and never taking no for an answer. She is an absolute badass.
1:16.9	Please welcome Jen Welter.
1:23.7	Jen, thank you so much for joining us. It is always a pleasure, although didn't realize we were like newly neighbors.
1:31.2	Yeah, we live like 20 minutes away from each other.
1:33.9	What are we doing here?
1:35.1	It's the virtual world, right?
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