Katie Sowers

Katie Sowers also coaches at five-time national champion Ottawa, where she is the associate head coach and defensive coordinator, along with the director of operations. Katie also served as the head coach for the Italian Women’s National Flag Football team from 2023-24. She organized and led selection camps, implemented training systems and game plans, and eventually led the team to a win over Germany.
 
"I am proud to join the Nebraska family as part of the first coaching staff in program history,” Katie said. “This is a fanbase that lives and breathes excellence, and I can’t wait to give this amazing fanbase another sport to rally behind."
 
Sowers has been on the coaching staff for three different NFL teams, including the Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, and Atlanta Falcons. With the Chiefs, Katie was selected for the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship and worked with the tight ends in 2021. From 2017-21, she worked as an offensive quality control coach for the 49ers, where she primarily helped the wide receiver room and aided with scouting and run and pass game evaluations. Katie was a player personnel scout for the Atlanta Falcons from 2015-17 and created weekly practice player and prospect evaluations and assisted with scouting.
 
Katie has a bachelor’s in physical education from Goshen College and a master’s in kinesiology with an emphasis in pedagogy from the University of Central Missouri. She played basketball and soccer and ran track in college.