She's a Warrior: Female Coaches Wide Receivers
By Alan Goldenbach, Washington Post Staff Writer

Oh boy, was Jerrard Hunter in trouble. The drill called for him to run a stop-and-go pattern, only the H.D. Woodson High School wide receiver didn't do much of the latter. The pass from quarterback Gabriel Prophet sailed past the 6-foot-2 sophomore, right to the spot to where Hunter should have run, and his coach was seething.

Hunter tried to return to the huddle inconspicuously, but the Warriors' 5-foot-5, 125-pound wide receivers coach wouldn't let him get away. Natalie Randolph grabbed Hunter's right arm, and spun him around to face her. "What are you doing?" she screamed. "You can't do that, and just stop running." Hunter turned his head skyward. "Look at me!" she yelled. "You're running up there blind. You have to run your route and see the ball. Can you do that for me next time?" "Yes, coach."

Not too many women hear that from boys, much less football players. Randolph, 26, was hired as the Warriors' wide receivers' coach before this season, making her what is believed to be the only woman on a varsity football coaching staff in the Washington area. While women have coached boys' high school teams in other sports, football has remained a boys-only club...until now.

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