Katie Sowers, 49ers’ assistant coach, sees change for women in sports

Who’s the second-biggest star on the 49ers after Jimmy Garoppolo? It just could be assistant coach Katie Sowers.

Sowers spoke at the Commonwealth Club in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon, and was funny, engaging and a big hit with fans who hung around afterward to get autographs and pick her brain.

“I talk to a lot of young girls about how they want to become coaches,” said Sowers, who dreamed of playing and coaching football as a girl growing up in Kansas. “To see girls who are at an age where I was and to see them actually know that it’s possible — I see that change everywhere I go.”

Sowers, 32, is a trailblazer on a number of fronts.