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Colorado's first female coach of high school football is now without a team

Beth Buglione had been coaching the Panthers at Nederland Senior High.

The first female high school football coach in Colorado is now a coach without a team.

Nederland High is dropping its football program. Boulder Valley Schools says it was too tough for the small school to field both boys soccer and football. The soccer team is staying.

Next first met Coach Beth Buglione last year.

She told us she took immense pride in leading the 8-man Panthers football team, but that she was prouder that Boulder Valley Schools looked past gender and saw a coaching role for a woman who'd played tackle football.

A Boulder Valley spokesman told us Wednesday that the Nederland players are welcome to try out for Boulder High's football team. Whether Coach Buglione has a role is yet to be determined.

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