[Ask Coach Wolff] TITLE IX ISSUES: 40 Years After Title IX BecameLaw, Why Are There Still So Few Female Coaches?

 

The article asks a very good question. And it can be extended even further. Why are there so few female coaches in the youth and HS ranks in the sports that they participated in?

You would think that a after a couple of generations of women athletes passing through their chosen sports would have the time and the passion for the sport enough to give something back. I would think that strictly from a potential liability standpoint the high schools and colleges would have a preference for female coaches coaching female athletes.


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How Narrowing the Gender Gap in Youth League Coaching Would Serve the Players

By Doug Abrams

 Late last month, the Bergen Record and NorthJersey.com carried two articles
about the under-representation of women in youth league coaching ranks
nationwide. The University of Minnesota's Nicole LaVoi estimates that women
coach only about 10% of boys' teams, and barely a [...]

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