SANTA CLARA, CA (AP) – There is a town in south-central Kansas that is an oasis of 49ers fans in the middle of Chiefs Kingdom.
San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers stands on the field before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Gary Landers) 
San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers before an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Josie Lepe) 
San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers before an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar) 
San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers prior to an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) 
San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers throws a football during practice at the team’s NFL football training facility in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. The 49ers will face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 54. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) 
San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant Katie Sowers watches as players practice at the team’s NFL football training facility in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. The 49ers will face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 54. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
It’s the hometown of Katie Sowers, the trailblazing assistant coach for San Francisco.
She will become not only the first woman to coach in a Super Bowl, but also the first openly gay person to do so.
She will do it against the team that so many people in the town of Hesston, Kansas grew up watching and still root for to this day.
