Mom, teacher makes history as first female football coach in Jersey Shore conference
OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. - A female sports icon is celebrating a fellow trailblazer from South Jersey!
"Cheers to first-time high school football coach April Florie," Tennis legend Billie Jean King said in Twitter shoutout.
The 57-year-old mom and teacher had never coached any sport before volunteering to become the assistant coach at Toms River High School East this past May.
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In addition to being the "first female football coach in the history of the Shore Conference in New Jersey," King says she is "one of only a handful of women coaches in the state."
Football history officially made at the Jersey Shore!