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Callie Brownson    

NFL Coach; Chief of Staff for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League

Callie Brownson is an American football coach and player who is the chief of staff for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). She became the first woman to coach an NFL position group in a regular-season game when she filled in for the Cleveland Browns tight ends coach Drew Petzing in a game in November 2020.

In September 2018, she became the first woman hired as a full-time NCAA Division I coach when she was promoted by Dartmouth Big Green football after briefly working as an intern for the team.

Brownson played from 2010–2017 as a free safety and running back for the D.C. Divas in the Women's Football Alliance (WFA) where she helped the DC Diva's win two National Championships. She also won two gold medals playing with the United States Women's National American Football team.

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