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Chuck Schilken is a sports reporter on the Fast Break team. Kevin Maxen, an associate strength coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, has become the first male coach in a major U.S.-based professional league to come out as gay. All Sections. USC Sports.

I coach our players and staff feel the same. Kevin Maxen, the NFL's first openly gay coach, shares his experience and what he hopes for future LGBTQ athletes. Kevin Maxen, Jaguars assistant strength and conditioning coach, is the first male coach in a major U.S.

men’s professional sports league to come out as gay. Get the latest on L. By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. Before gay The Times, he worked for more than a decade as a sports reporter and editor at newspapers in Virginia and Maryland.

There have been at least three publicly out gay, lesbian, bi and trans coaches in the NFL. While there are many publicly out LGBTQ coaches in the WNBA and other women’s sports leagues, the major. Maxen spoke about his sexual. And now Maxen is ready for both parts of his life to intersect.

About Us. Special Supplements. Previously a strength coach at Baylor and Vanderbilt, Maxen has been with the Jaguars since But people like Anthony Edwards are keeping it alive. Sam Rapoportthe NFL senior director of diversity, equity and inclusion, tweeted a link to the Outsports article.

For Subscribers. De Los. Times Everywhere. I want to be vocal in support of people living how they want to live, but I also want to just live and not feel fear about how people will react. No Gay tea coach had ever publicly come out as gay, so Maxen, an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, kept quiet about his sexual orientation.

When the Outsports article was published online Thursday, Maxen became the first male coach in a major U. First-year Sparks coach Curt Millerwho coached the Connecticut Sun for seven years before that, has been out for decades. He has been with his current boyfriend for about the same amount of time, according to Outsports.

Live Stream. Jaguars assistant Kevin Maxen has become the first male coach in major American men's pro sports to publicly come out as gay, telling he made the decision because he didn't want to. LA Times Studios. Times Store. High School Sports.