Jen Welter

About the Author

Dr. Jen Welter is the first female to coach in the NFL. In summer 2015, she served as a linebackers’ coach for the Arizona Cardinals. She appears regularly as an NFL and sports analyst on NBC, ESPN, and the NFL Network and in national newspapers and other publications. Welter has become a regular empowerment and sports speaker, asked to stump for Hillary Clinton on the election trail in 2016, and sharing the stage at events with sports and political giants like Serena Williams and Condoleeza Rice at events across the country. ESPNW just named her one of the twenty-five most influential women in sport in 2015.

Welter holds a doctorate degree in Psychology, a Master’s in Sport Psychology, and a bachelor’s degree from Boston College. She has eighteen years of experience in fitness and as a professional athlete. Welter is a native of Vero Beach, Florida.