Samantha Rapoport

Samantha "Sam" Rapoport is a former American football player who currently works for the National Football League (NFL) as senior director of diversity, equity and inclusion.[1] She was formerly the NFL's senior director of football development. She was initially hired by the NFL to bring more women to the operational side of the league and has worked tirelessly to bring more girls into flag football.[2] She is also involved in several other initiatives to get more women into football, including being on the board of the first ever all-girls tackle football league, the Utah Girls Tackle Football League.[3] Rapoport has been named to People Magazine's “25 Women Changing The World”, Fortune's 40-under-40, Sports Business Journal's 2023 "Gamechanger" and one of Sports Illustrated's Most Powerful, Most Influential and Most Outstanding Women in Sports. She was also award NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's annual "Commissioner's Award twice (2009, 2019).

  1. ^ ROB MAADDI (2022-11-18). "Analysis: NFL's appeal to women isn't about pink jerseys". ABC 6 News - kaaltv.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  2. ^ "NFL to train women for coaching, scouting roles". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  3. ^ Smith, Cam (2017-03-31). "Girls Sports Month: NFL Director of Football Development Samantha Rapaport on growing the game and following passion in your profession". USA Today. Retrieved 2022-12-02.