This article talks about how women are not receiving the same chances as men are in NCAA athletic coaching. Men even more than ever are taking over most of the jobs to coach women student athletes. In 1972, the year Title IX was enacted, more than 90% of the head coaches of intercollegiate women's teams in all sports were women, according to the Women's Sports Foundation. In 2006, that number plummeted to 42.4%. In collegiate women's soccer, specifically, it's now just under 30%, down from 33% in 1997. This change in my opinion is shown by the fact that now women’s sports are beginning to become more appealing which means more money for coaches. The more money is bringing in more men and making them more likely to take those positions. Why is a female dominated job in the 70’s becoming a male dominated one now in your opinion?
The one thing that I found to be interesting was the fact that the article brought up the fact that the NFL is required to interview at least one African American to give them the opportunity to receive the head coaching position. Do you think that this would be something that would help women’s chances in receiving head coaching positions like it has in the NFL?
I feel and the article does agree that women really are better at coaching women. They know how to deal with girls. They have more emotional intelligence and I feel that it is important for girls with a great deal of emotion to be coached by someone that is more likely to relate to them. This is a major key element that men just do not have as much of as men do. But even with these facts this article still shows that women are not moving up the labyrinth but are moving backwards.
Posted By: Jim Link
This is an interesting article. I do feel that men are just as capable to coach females as women are. But i do agree that in some instances it may be batter for females to be coached by females because of the emotional intelligence aspent. I think that sometimes a girl may think that something is a very huge deal and may be very stressed or upset about it and if she told her male coach, or he noticed it in her playing, he may not have the sympathy for her that a female coach would. I agree with Jim that it is important for girls to be surrounded by other women who can help support them with emotional intelligence.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure why the coaching positions have dropped so much, I do think that it may have alot to do with the fact that female sports are becoming alot more popular, so in that aspect the women are breaking through the glass ceiling. But i think that the fact that they will be getting paid more, the men are interested. I think that if the athletic director or person in charge of hiring is a male they may be more likely to hire a male canditate over a women because they may think the male will take it more serious and have a tougher mental impact on the girls. I do also think that its pretty interesting that the NFL does have to interview african americans for head coaching positions. I think that this would work to help the rise in woman coaching positions to go up again.
I think that male and women are just as capable of having a coaching position. Although they may handle it different, I feel that it is the love for the game and ambition to win that makes a good coach. Male or female if unmotivated, will probably be less likely to have a winning team in my eyes.
-Kayla Samolinski
I agree with the article because I played soccer for a junior college and the head coach of the girl’s soccer team was a male and the second coach was a female. I believe men are very capable of coaching females even though they might be times such as Kayla states were it would be better for females to coach females. I believe in many of such cases the problem is not so much that the coach is a male but the lack of communication and trust between the male coach and the female players. I do agree with the article when it states that at least one female should be interviewed for the position as head coach for every opening spot in a female sport.
ReplyDeletePosted by: Hugo Sanchez
I too, agree that this is a very interesting article. One thing that comes to mind when reading this article is that it relates to the women leadership topic of prejudice. There is a stereotype that women take care and men take charge. This could play a major role in the decreas of women coaches. Coaches have to deal with a variety of issues, including emotions. When it comes to sports, the individuals who hire coaches are looking for someone to take charge of thier team rather than take care.
ReplyDeleteWomen sports are becoming more popular and more people are watching, which also means more money. Fans want to see a strong group of girls playing on the court rather than ones that are emotial on the court. This could in turn, result in the decrease of women coaches and the increase in male coaches.
Posted By: Laura Whisenhunt