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49ers Assistant Coach Katie Sowers Parts Ways With Franchise After Four Seasons

Katie Sowers, the NFL's first openly gay coach and one of the league's first female assistants, will not return to the 49ers next season, she confirmed to The Mercury News.

"I will sadly not be back," Sowers told the paper.

Sowers has spent the past four seasons with the franchise. Her contract was set to expire after this season.

Sowers spent time with the team as an offensive assistant and primarily worked with the team's wide receiver group.

Last February, she became the first openly gay and first female coach to coach in Super Bowl history.