Why are so few women and minorities coaching WBB?

[Sweetest OU Girl]

I found this article interesting.

Perhaps some of you will also.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/...ows-majority-women-college-coaches-white-male

 

[MsProudSooner]

In general, it seems that more young women see their scholarship as a means to the career they want - doctor, lawyer, nurse, pharmacist - whereas a lot of men think they'll go pro in their sport and aren't serious about academics.

I don't know if that would have anything to do with the statistics cited in the article or not.

 

[sybarite]

I found this article interesting.

Perhaps some of you will also.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/...ows-majority-women-college-coaches-white-male

Old white men hire old white men. They will continue until recruits quit coming.

 

[tycat947]

Old white men hire old white men. They will continue until recruits quit coming.

+1

 

[betterstill]

Old white men hire old white men. They will continue until recruits quit coming.

I guess the recruits like old white men. I would think that most of them have some women as assistant coaches. I would not be surprised to see the pokes surpass OU this year or the next. I sure hope it doesn't happen.

One of the women who transferred from OU this year went to a team with a male coach. (Arkansas)

 

[soonerstar]

An old white man does OK at UCONN.

 

[threepointshooter]

I guess the recruits like old white men. I would think that most of them have some women as assistant coaches. I would not be surprised to see the pokes surpass OU this year or the next. I sure hope it doesn't happen.

One of the women who transferred from OU this year went to a team with a male coach. (Arkansas)

Speaking of the pokes, OSU has three young, black women on the staff. Two as assistant coaches (Ashley Davis and Jerise Freeman) and one as director of basketball operations (Amber Carter).

 

[inoref]

Old white men hire old white men. They will continue until recruits quit coming.

Who hired Sherri C. ?

 

[soonerstar]

Who hired Sherri C. ?

An old 56 year old white man named Donnie Duncan.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

I guess the recruits like old white men. I would think that most of them have some women as assistant coaches. I would not be surprised to see the pokes surpass OU this year or the next. I sure hope it doesn't happen.

One of the women who transferred from OU this year went to a team with a male coach. (Arkansas)

It has little to do with what recruits like. The coach is hired before you know how well she/he will recruit.

Your last sentence was interesting. Any recruit who transfers is more likely to go to a male coached team than a female coached team - simply because the majority of teams they can transfer to are coached by males.

I wonder why 60% of the MBB teams don't have female head coaches? If they did would some of our members see the strangeness in that?

 

[betterstill]

It has little to do with what recruits like. The coach is hired before you know how well she/he will recruit.

Your last sentence was interesting. Any recruit who transfers is more likely to go to a male coached team than a female coached team - simply because the majority of teams they can transfer to are coached by males.

I wonder why 60% of the MBB teams don't have female head coaches? If they did would some of our members see the strangeness in that?

Your sentence about the likelihood of transfers going to a male coached team seems to infer that the choice is made at random or that who the coach is does not come into play when the choice is made, that the only consideration is the location. I wasn't trying to make a big point about the Arkansas selection, just that the kids often chose male coaches, for whatever reason. The OSU coach is probably smart to have all those women assistants.

I surmise that more men are interested in the coaching profession than women. It could also be that certain factors, possibly their upbringing, cause men generally to be more driven to success in this profession.

But the possibility does exist that since most ADs are men they have an inclination to hire people whom they have confidence will achieve success and more often than not it will be a man . That sort of seems logical since the ADs are men. Do women ever choose to go into coaching men's teams as a profession in any sport?

The way to change this is to have a law (it would probably require a change to the Constitution) that requires an equal number of men and women in all professions. But then you have to allow for robots.

 

[sybarite]

In theory, with Title IX and Affirmative Action, you have your law. It is interesting to look at softball. Most of the head coaches now are female. The males that are prevalent tend to be those few who were very successful, historically. New coaches tend to be younger and female---quite a bit so. Is i that there is no softball league in college or pro in which men can claim greater expertise because they were in the male division?

Do you know who Jo Evans, Beth Torina, Heather Tarr, Kelly Inouye-Perez, and Patty Gasso are? They took their teams to the CWS this year.

 

[betterstill]

"Is i that there is no softball league in college or pro in which men can claim greater expertise because they were in the male division?"

I do not understand this question.