CNN —Kevin Maxen has become the first male coach in a US men’s professional sports league to come out as gay. In an interview with Outsports, the Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength coach said he no longer wanted to lie, as well as hoping to inspire others by publicly coming out. “I don’t want to feel like I have to think about it anymore,” Maxen told Outsports. Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player in league history to announce that he is gay in 2021. I know our players and staff feel the same.”Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male coach in a major American men’s pro sports league,” with WNBA coach Curt Miller, who publicly came out to the media as gay in 2015, also a publicly out male coach in an American professional sports league.

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Persons: Kevin Maxen, Outsports, ” Maxen, Nick, “, ”, Carl Nassib, Maxen, I’ve, Shahid Khan, Kevin, ” Khan, Curt Miller Organizations: CNN, Jacksonville Jaguars, ” Jacksonville Jaguars, Maxen, ESPN Locations: Jacksonville, American