San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant coach Katie Sowers made history in 2017 when she publicly came out as the first LGBTQ coach in the NFL. Now the former professional women's football player turned NFL assistant will be the first female to coach in the Super Bowl as the 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV in Miami, Florida.

Jen Welter became the first female coach when she joined the Arizona Cardinals organization in 2015, however, Sowers is among the trailblazing women working on the sidelines in the NFL.

The 49ers coincidentally have gradually improved since Sowers' hire in the Bay Area, as the San Francisco franchise defeated the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. The Niners, a five-time Super Bowl-winning organization, is looking for their sixth Lombardi Trophy with a win over the AFC's No. 2 seed Chiefs, led by dynamic quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the 2018 season's MVP.

Super Bowl LIV will be the 49ers' seventh trip to the AFC-NFC clash since 2012-13 when Colin Kaepernick led San Francisco in the losing effort to John Harbaugh's Baltimore Ravens.

Back in April, Katie Sowers offered an explanation of why diverse coaching staffs and organizations improve team chemistry.

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“I think everybody brings their own personality to a team. I think with some players, if you ask a lot of them who their hero is, who they look up to, it’s often their mom. A lot of these guys can very quickly build a connection with you (as a woman). Sometimes we relate differently to people. Players have opened up to me on the hardships they’re going through in their personal life… Just having a diverse coaching staff gives these players options in terms of who they can go to, who they can talk to, when they need it.”

Sowers gets to make history two Sundays from now, but it's obvious she'd prefer doing more than appearing in the Super Bowl, and instead, taking home the win at the big game with the 49ers.