When the first female NFL head coach dons her headset on the sideline in 10 years, it will be remarkable because of how unremarkable women on the sideline will be by then.
She will be a trailblazer, of course. But she will not be alone. There will be a female coordinator here, a female head athletic trainer there, female position coaches, scouts, assistants and interns everywhere.
That first female head coach will have paid all the dues any male coach pays, and probably one or two more. She will have climbed the ladder from lowly quality control assistant.