TAMPA BAY -- For a brief moment Monday morning, Maral Javadifar thought she would avoid the questions.
Sitting down for the first interview session of Super Bowl LV's virtual opening night, Javadifar, the 30-year-old assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, hoped what had publicly defined her career wouldn't dominate interviews with media members jammed in her Zoom queue.
Instead, the first question set the stage:
Could you talk us through the first couple seasons you and assistant defensive line coach Lori Locust have had together in Tampa? We've talked to [Buccaneers] coach Bruce Arians about his commitment to diversity.