Jets to hire first woman coach who will work with defensive backs

Gang Green is breaking new ground.

The New York Jets plan to hire its first woman coach, a preseason intern who will work this summer with the defensive backs during training camp, sources said Thursday.

Collette Smith, 44, is currently a coach and marketing executive with the New York Sharks, a member of the Independent Women’s Football League.

The hard-hitting Smith played for the Sharks three years before being sidelined by a knee injury.

“I’m over the top. I’m humbled and I’m proud,” said the Queens native, who is a lifelong Jets fan. “This could have happened with any NFL team. But it just so happened that it was with my beloved New York Jets. This is bigger because of that. God forbid it would have been with the Patriots. But I still would have done it.”

Smith turned her practice field access last year into a chance to shadow the Jets’ defensive backfield. There, she met head coach…

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