What Kevin Maxen has done, coming out as gay, making him what’s believed to be the first publicly out male coach in major American men’s professional sports, is brave enough. Remarkably so. The NFL is changing, but it’s long been stubborn and closeting of its LGBTQ players. The idea of a coach coming out is even more staggering, and it’s difficult to put into words how monumental this moment is inside the NFL.
