Coyotes hire female skating coach

The Arizona Coyotes have hired Dawn Braid as skating coach and say she is believed to be the first fulltime female coach in NHL history.

The hiring is the latest in a series of breakthroughs for women in men’s sports. Last year, the Buffalo Bills made Kathryn Smith the NFL’s first full-time assistant coach. Smith is the team’s quality control coach.

The NBA has had two female assistant coaches — Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Spurs and Nancy Lieberman of the Sacramento Kings.