In many ways, the football game that most of us will be watching tonight is meaningless. Even if one team runs away with the game, or one player puts in a dominant performance, the preseason game between the Redskins and Jets will probably never be called "historic".
↵But there is another football game to watch tonight. It will take place at 7:00 at Calvin Coolidge High School in D.C. And it will feature Natalie Randolph, the first ever woman to coach a high school football team in the District.
↵She has plenty of football experience. Afterall, she played as a wide receiver with the D.C. Divas for a year. But the decision to name a female as head coach was still a no-brainer according to Derrick Mickels, a member of the hiring committee who spoke to Parade Magazine this weekend.
↵"All the other candidates were selling themselves, and Natalie was the only one who talked about the students and what she'd do for them ... We were like, hands-down, she's the choice. She's the real deal."↵
The real deal, eh? We certainly hope so. But we'll find out for sure tonight as Coolidge makes their season debut against Archbishop Carroll.
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