Another issue that was brought up with Title 9 was the fact that there is a declining amount of women coaches in both mens and womens sports. The idea that this is happening is crazy because you would think that women would be better off coaching womens sports than men would be, but that is not what is going on. Women would just seem to be able to relate more to the women playing the sports and be able to deal with everything that is going on in their lives, but instead, men are being allowed to coach the women and i am not real sure if it is the right or not.
Within my high school, there are very few women coaches for any of the sports. There are only 2 female head coaches in any sports and very few assistant coaches that are female. We also have a male principle and male athletic director. I think it is crazy that all the womens swimming, water polo, basketball (JV and Varsity), softball, and track are all mens coaches. I also find it interesting that of those coaches, the girls complain about every single one except for the swimming coach. That really makes me wonder if schools would be better off having women coach women sports and men coach mens sports.
There is also very little success with our womens sports at our high school and i am not sure if that is fully attributed to the men being coaches or if it is just a lack of talent. Obviously, there are mens coaches that are successful at coaching womens sports and a perfect example would be the Connecticut womens basketball coach. He has led them to many national championships and obviously has no problem coaching them or relating to them.
I really am not sure if there is an issue here or if it really matters what gender a coach is for a specific gendered sport, but there are some interesting facts all over the world of sports about male and female coaches. What do you think is best for the coach to be for each gender and each sport? Is there really a better choice or is it all based off credibility and quality of the coach?
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This is a topic that has interested me for a long time--in large part because I have coached both men and women, girls and boys. I always felt that I could relate equally to both males and females, although there were sometimes gender differences (and age differences) that had to be taken into account. You mentioned that the girls at your high school often complained about the male coaches they had. What were some of their complaints?
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