Changing the Playbook
How Women Have Transformed Professional Football
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:3rd Sep '26
£24.00
This title is due to be published on 3rd September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
There are more women working key roles in and around the NFL today than at any point in its male-dominated history. Changing the Playbook shares the stories of these incredible women from 1920 to the present, revealing their growing influence and how they are changing professional football for the better.
The inspiring history of women in and around the NFL
Since the inception of the NFL in 1920, professional football has long been dominated by men. But there is a rich history of women who have made profound impacts on the sport for decades whose stories have never been collectively told--until now.
In Changing the Playbook: How Women Have Transformed Professional Football, the amazing stories of these football pioneers are finally revealed. Featuring women such as NFL owner Virginia Halas-McCaskey, scout Connie Carberg, CEO Amy Trask, journalist Lesley Visser, NFL coaches Jen Welter, Jen King, and Callie Brownson, and many more, their lives and careers reveal unique backstories, historic achievements, and incredible impact. These trailblazers faced many obstacles, misogyny, and hostility, but their persistence has led to a new generation of women joining the NFL ranks, forging a legacy that will not be forgotten.
From the “no women in the locker room” policies of the past to female coaches, scouts, executives, media, and officials in the present, professional football has come a long way. Inspired to tell these women’s stories for his own daughters, Cash Lambert poignantly shares the courageous and powerful history of women in the NFL, their growing influence on the sport, and how they are changing football for the better.
A tremendous compilation of stories spanning over a hundred years, stories that convey a common message: you can do whatever you set your mind to. Thank you, Cash, for sharing this not only with your daughters, but with all who read Changing the Playbook. -- Amy Trask, first female CEO in the NFL
A great listener and an enthusiastic writer, Cash Lambert takes you inside and behind the scenes to a world once closed to women. -- Lesley Visser, sportscaster, first woman inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Every young writer needs a copy of Changing the Playbook to know that anything is possible. Dare to dream. -- Charean Williams, award-winning Pro Football Hall of Fame sportswriter
Football history has always had a blind spot. Cash Lambert skillfully fills it with a century-spanning account of the women who shaped professional football—from pioneering owners and league administrators to today’s leaders in coaching and executive ranks. After spending years immersed in NFL storytelling, I assumed that I understood the game’s full historical arc. Lambert’s book reveals how much was missing—and how deeply women helped build, sustain, and transform the league. Changing the Playbook is essential reading for football fans, including the next generation watching America’s most popular sport. -- Nunyo Demasio, author of Parcells: A Football Life
In Changing the Playbook, Cash Lambert shines meaningful light on the emerging presence of women in and around the NFL—a way-better-late-than-never take on the very many ways women are making an impact in male-dominated corners of the world. He writes with grace, good cheer and admiration as he shares the stories of women in ownership, front office, training, scouting, and coaching roles, reminding readers on every page that anything is possible. -- Daniel Paisner, co-author of I Feel Like Going On (with Ray Lewis) and Get Your Own Damn Beer, I’m Watching the Game! (with Holly Robinson Peete)
ISBN: 9798216201786
Dimensions: unknown
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248 pages