Watch: Heather Seely Roberts makes history as first woman to lead a 6A boys basketball program in Oregon

Watch as Seely Roberts prepares to embark on her historic first season in the PIL. "I don't want to have our team fall flat on its face and then (people) go, 'Oh, look — a woman can't do it!'"

By Jan Sonnenmair and Eli Sonnenmair | Photo by Leon Neuschwander

Lincoln's Heather Seely Roberts is the first female head coach of a big-school boys basketball program in Oregon. She acknowledges there's some extra pressure that comes with that.

"I want to go in and I want to do a good job," she said. "I don't want to have our team fall flat on its face and then (people) go, 'Oh, look — a woman can't do it!'"

In her first game with Lincoln, Seely Roberts led the Cardinals to a decisive 75-52 win over Century. In fact, she's won each of her first four games — by an average of more than 33 points — to give Lincoln its first 4-0 start since 2017. The Cardinals finished 2-15 last season.

Learn more about Seely Roberts in the video below and watch as she prepares to embark on her historic first season in the PIL.