Lori Locust

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Lori Locust
Tennessee Titans
Position:Defensive quality control coach
Personal information
Born:1964 (age 59–60)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
High school: Susquehanna Township
(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
College: Temple
Career history
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards

Lori Locust (born 1964) is an American football coach who is a defensive quality control coach for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL).

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Early years

Locust was born in 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] She grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [2] She graduated from Susquehanna Township High School in 1982, and attended Temple University for two years before leaving to tend to her ill father. [1]

Playing career

Locust joined a semi-professional women's football team in 2004 as a defensive lineman. [1] In her fourth season for the Central PA Vipers, she was named team captain and MVP, but retired after the next season due to a knee injury. [1]

Coaching career

Locust coached the Vipers after retiring from her playing career with the team. [1] She was also hired as an assistant coach at Susquehanna Township High School in 2009, [1] and coached there until 2018. [3] A men's semi-professional football team, the Central Penn Piranha, hired her as an assistant coach in 2013. [1] She coached with the Central Penn Capitals of American Indoor Football in 2016. [2] She became the defensive line and linebackers coach and co-special teams coordinator for the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks of the National Arena League in 2017. [1] In 2018, she was a defensive line coaching intern for the Baltimore Ravens during their training camp. [1] The Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football hired her as their assistant defensive line coach for the 2019 season before the league folded. [1]

Locust was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as their assistant defensive line coach in March 2019 under head coach Bruce Arians. [1] She became the first female position coach in the NFL and third female full-time assistant coach in NFL history, after Kathryn Smith and Katie Sowers. [1] Locust and assistant strength and conditioning coach Maral Javadifar became the first female coaches to win a Super Bowl when the Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV on February 7, 2021. [4]

On February 5, 2023, the Tennessee Titans hired Locust as a defensive assistant. The hiring made Locust Tennessee's first full-time female coach in franchise history. [5]

Personal

Locust married, and later divorced, Andrew Locust, who played college football for Temple, and they had two children together. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Fitzpatrick, Frank (June 17, 2019). "Philly-born Temple product Lori Locust makes history as a female NFL coach even if that wasn't her goal". Inquirer.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Groller, Keith (April 16, 2017). "Steelhawks assistant coach Lori Locust is a woman making her mark in a man's world". MCall.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ Stroud, Rick (March 20, 2019). "Bucs become first NFL team with two female coaches on staff". TampaBay.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bucs' Maral Javadifar, Lori Locust 1st female coaches to win Super Bowl". NFL.com. Associated Press. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Titans hire Lori Locust as defensive assistant, franchises's first full-time female coach". usatoday.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

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