Natalie Randolph

Natalie Randolph is a high school football coach at Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C.. She also teaches Biology and Environmental Sciences. As of the 2010 season she is believed to be the only active female head coach of a high school football team, and only the third ever to coach high school football (after Jessica Poseluzny at George Washington High School in Washington Heights [1] and Debbie Vance, at Lehman High in the Bronx).[2] Randolph received a Women of Distinction Award from the American Association of University Women and NASPA at their June 2011 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders. Randolph was recognized for breaking through barriers for women in sports.[3]

Randolph resigned as Coolidge's coach in November 2013. Recently Natalie Randolph is teaching a middle school in Washington Dc and has stop coaching football[4]

College athletic career

Randolph was a hurdler at the University of Virginia.

Professional football

Randolph played wide receiver for six seasons with the DC Divas of the Independent Women's Football League, 2003-2008.

High School Football Coach

Coached wide receivers at H.D. Woodson High School in DC, 2006-2007.[5]

Formally named the head football coach at Coolidge High School on March 12, 2010. First game Aug. 27 against Archbishop Carroll (lost 28-0[6]) However, the Coolidge football team rebounded to finish the year 4-7 and earn a DCIAA playoff berth.[7] In 2011 Randolph's Coolidge team finished 7-2 and again made the DCIAA playoffs.[8] They also reported an improvement in the team’s overall grade-point average, from 2.75 to 3.0. On November 24, 2011, Coolidge lost the DCIAA Turkey Bowl to Dunbar senior high School.

References

  1. ↑ . New York http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2004/09/26/2004-09-26_she_s_playing_in_a_man_s_wor.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Macur, Juliet (9 May 2010). "A Football Coach Used to Tests Insists Her Players Pass Theirs". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ http://www.aauw.org/media/pressreleases/nccwslNatalieRandolph_051911.cfm
  4. ↑ Stubbs, Roman (14 November 2013). "Natalie Randolph, female high school football coach, resigns position at Coolidge H.S.". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Goldenbach, Alan (11 October 2006). "She's a Warrior". The Washington Post.
  6. ↑ Goldenbach, Alan (29 August 2010). "Carroll spoils Randolph's debut". The Washington Post.
  7. ↑ Williams, Preston (14 June 2011). "Varsity Letter: Wrapping up the year in high school sports". The Washington Post.
  8. ↑ Wagner, James (12 November 2011). "Coolidge's Natalie Randolph expands her role as football coach". The Washington Post.