Jacksonville Jaguars’ Kevin Maxen is the first male major pro men’s coach to come out as gay

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In a historic moment, Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and conditioning coach Kevin Maxen has come out, becoming the NFL’s first male coach to publicly identify as gay.

“I don’t want to feel like I have to think about it anymore,” Maxen said in an interview with Outsports. “I don’t want to feel like I have to lie about who I am seeing, or why I am living with someone else.”

Maxen explained that his decision to come out had a lot to do with his relationship with boyfriend Nick. The couple have been together for over two years, and Maxen said he wanted to introduce Nick to his colleagues just like any other coach.

“You have other coaches who have significant others, and they’re talking about their significant others,” he said. “And I felt guilty that I couldn’t do the same thing, that I was letting myself down.”

“For a while I had such an anger for myself and hatred that I thought was from a fear of what others might think about who I am,” he added. “But that wasn’t it. It was an anger and hatred of myself because I…

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