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How is official Sarah Thomas going to make history at Super Bowl LV?

Sarah Thomas is going to be the first woman official at a Super Bowl

Sarah Thomas will become the first woman official at a Super Bowl when she is the down judge for LV at Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 7.

Sarah Thomas will make history as the first woman to officiate in a Super Bowl

“Sarah Thomas has made history again as the first female Super Bowl official,” Executive Vice President of Football Operations, Troy Vincent, Sr. said in a statement. “Her elite performance and commitment to excellence has earned her the right to officiate the Super Bowl. Congratulations to Sarah on this well-deserved honor.”
Thomas is in her sixth season as an official and Super Bowl LV will mark her fifth playoff game that she’s officiated.
Big football season for women named Sarah as earlier in college football, Sarah Fuller, became the first woman to play in a Power Five Conference game when she kicked for Vanderbilt.

 

Historic day for women in NFL via Washington-Cleveland game

Sunday marks the first NFL game with a woman coach on each sideline and a female official

The Washington Football Team game against the Cleveland Browns has special significance Sunday for women and the NFL.

The contest marks the first time in league history a game features a female coach on both sidelines and a female official on the field.

Callie Brownson is the chief of staff for Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and Jennifer King is in her first season on Ron Rivera’s coaching staff in Washington. Sarah Thomas became the league’s first female official in 2015, has worked in the postseason, and is now making more history.

Washington coach Ron Rivera acknowledged the moment with a tweet Sunday.

A former college basketball coach, King first connected with Washington coach Ron Rivera when both were in North Carolina. She joined Rivera’s staff as an intern in 2018 with the Panthers, and when he took the job in Washington earlier this year, King came with him as an offensive assistant and full-year coaching intern — the first Black woman in league history.

Brownson was an all-around player in the Women’s Football Alliance before she was bitten by the coaching bug. She started at the high school level, wound up at Dartmouth and was hired by Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott, who gave her a full season internship in 2019.