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Participation by Women as Coaches in the United States

Participation by Women as Coaches in the United States. Lauren Meehan June 25, 2014 Pioneer Coaches Symposium: Paying It Forward. Nationwide data. NCAA data. Head coaches: 27% Assistant coaches: 48% Volunteer/grad coaches: 60%. NCAA data.

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Participation by Women as Coaches in the United States

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  1. Participation by Women as Coaches in the United States Lauren Meehan June 25, 2014 Pioneer Coaches Symposium: Paying It Forward Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  2. Nationwide data Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  3. NCAA data Head coaches: 27% Assistant coaches: 48% Volunteer/grad coaches: 60% Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  4. NCAA data Head coaches: 28% Assistant coaches: 47% Volunteer/grad coaches: 65% Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  5. NCAA data Head coaches: 37% Assistant coaches: 56% Volunteer/grad coaches: 68% Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  6. ECNL data Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  7. ECNL data % of teams with a female head coach Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  8. Colorado data – Youth club • 20% of girls U11 – U18 state competitive league (CYS) and ECNL teams had female head coaches in the 2013 – 2014 season Distribution by clubs with > 10 teams Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  9. Colorado data – Youth club % of teams coached by women by level of team Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  10. Other research • More states below average than above average female participation as ODP coaches and coaching education instructors • Sam Snow, personal communication, February 14, 2014 • Intimidation, expectation of displaying ‘male’ characteristics, and patronization limit women’s coaching education participation • Schlesinger, T. & Weigelt-Schlesinger, Y. (2012). ‘Poor thing’ or ‘Wow she knows how to do it’ – gender stereotypes as barriers to women’s qualification in the education of soccer coaches. Soccer & Society, (13.1), 56 – 72. • Women take blame for coaching inequalities – ‘not good enough’ • Fielding-Lloyd, B. & Mean, L. (2011). ‘I don’t think I can catch it’: Women, confidence, and responsibility in football coach education. Soccer & Society (12.3), 345 – 364. • Reasons for low participation – women’s sports are not widely recognized or respected, coaches are not paid well, bias against female coaches, few female coaching role models for younger athletes to follow • Demers, G. (2007, May/June). To coach or not? Female athletes considering coaching careers discuss perceived drawbacks. Soccer Journal, 24 – 30. • More women are assistant coaches than head coaches • Kerr, G., Marshall, D., Sharp, D., & Stirling, A. “Women in coaching: A descriptive study.” Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Sportif, November 3 – 5, 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. • More women coach at resource rich institutions • Welch, S. & Sigelman, L. (2007). Who’s calling the shots? Women coaches in Division I women’s sports. Social Science Quarterly (88.5), 1415 – 1434. • Softball (65.2%), women’s basketball (62.4%), volleyball (57.1%) have more women coaches than soccer; in soccer, women head coaches more likely to have women assistant coaches • Sagas, M., Cunningham, G.B., & Teed, K. (2006). An examination of homologous reproduction in the representation of assistant coaches of women’s teams. Sex Roles (55), 503 – 510. Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

  11. Next steps • Empirical data explaining why women choose to coach or not coach • Further data analysis on different trends in coaching participation – digging deeper • Creation and implementation of actionable strategies to promote greater involvement by women as coaches at all levels of the game Female Coaches Advocacy - Lauren Meehan

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