She is the first female coach in the Iranian National Women’s League. The 33-year-old moved to Iran from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she was born, to join the national football team at the age of 17. She went on to become a coach for U-14, then eventually U-19 teams.
Khosrowyar scouted girls from rural areas and pushed to put the team in international competitions, globalvoices.org reported.
In 2011, her team was disqualified from a second-round Olympic qualifying match because of the competition's ban on wearing the hijab.
After three years of campaigning, women were allowed by FIFA to wear a “head covering for religious reasons,” and so “Kat” and her team finally got permission to compete internationally again.