Michael Sam Hired as Assistant Football Coach
metroweekly.comtaking on a job as a coach for a team in Spain.Hired by the Barcelona Dragons, Sam, a former defensive end, will be an assistant defensive line coach, will be working with defensive linemen and edge rushers.“I am extremely grateful for the opportunity joining the Barcelona Dragons organization,” Sam said in a statement published on the team’s Instagram page. “I want to thank GM Bart Iaccarino, HC Andrew Weidinger, and the Barcelona team.
I hope to contribute however I can to help the defensive line to be the best pass rushers in the European League.”Now 32 years old, Sam made history as the first openly gay player in the NFL when he was drafted by the St.
Louis Rams in 2014. Although he was part of the team’s official 90-man preseason roster, and played a few preseason games, he failed to make the final 53-man roster and never played in a regular season game.
He was later picked up by the Dallas Cowboys and added to their practice squad, but was released before ever seeing the field.In May 2015, Sam made history again, signing with a Canadian Football League team (the Montreal Alouettes) and becoming the first openly gay player in the CFL.
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