Samantha Rapoport

Samantha "Sam" Rapoport is a former American Football player who currently works for the NFL as Director of Football Development. She was hired by the NFL to bring more women to the operational side of the league.[1] She is also involved in several other initiatives to get more women in to football, including being on the board of the first ever all-girls tackle football league, the Utah Girls Tackle Football League. Rapoport has been named to People Magazine's “25 Women Changing The World” and was recently awarded Fortune's 40-under-40.

Football career

Rapoport began playing flag football at the age of 12. She played Quarterback for the Canadian Women's Flag Football Team, and the Montreal Blitz (a women's tackle team).[2] In 2003 she applied for a marketing internship with the NFL. Included in her application was a football on which she had written "What other quarterback could accurately deliver a football 386 miles?".[1] She got the job, and worked for the league for many years, and was awarded the NFL Commissioner's Innovation Award (2009) and the NFL Commissioner Award (2019) for her work.[3] She left to work for USA Football, to try get more women around the world playing football.[4] In 2016 she was hired back by the NFL to work as the Director of Football Development, replacing former Baltimore Ravens player Matt Birk.[2]

References
  1. "NFL to train women for coaching, scouting roles". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  2. Rose, Sydney Page & Aaron (2016-09-27). "In conversation with NFL Director of Football Development Samantha Rapoport | The McGill Tribune". The McGill Tribune. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  3. Frank, Vincent. "NFL Names Sam Rapoport Director Of Football Development". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  4. "Aiming for a touchdown for gender equality". Retrieved 2017-02-27.


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