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Jamaal510

(10,893 posts) Mon Jul 30, 2012, 02:25 PM Jul 2012

Watching the olympics, I started thinking... [View all]

when are we going to see more female head coaches in pro sports? I noticed there are male head coaches in BOTH male-dominated sports like the NFL and NBA, and in female-dominated sports such as the WNBA. And there are even male coaches for women's olympic teams. But there are zero female head coaches for men's teams. Why has it been like this? Is it because people think male athletes wouldn't want to be ordered around by a woman?

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Watching the olympics, I started thinking... [View all] Jamaal510 Jul 2012 OP

Since coach's are mainly people connected to the game for a long time Drale Jul 2012 #1

But then there's swimming, volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, skating, skiing, and many others Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #3

Soccer is the only sport I can see that maybe happening with obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #2

Played soccer 7 years... Neoma Aug 2012 #4