Increase in Teaching Women
Since Title IX had been passed, there has been a great increase of women participating in athletics, whether it is as a coach or player. The NCAA itself has a Women's Coaching Academy to teach them beyond what they need to teach the sport, but to be an effective coach. This Coaching Academy was put together by the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletes back in 2002. (5) Although there is an increase to teach women, women coaching women's teams are at an all time low of about 42%. (4)
Today's Women Coaches
Today women seem to not have the opportunities like their male counterparts to play in a professional setting. Women in only three sports have the slight chance to become a professional athlete; basketball, soccer and golf. In the WNBA, (1) there are 13 teams and only 5 of them are coached by women. In the WPS, (2) there are 7 teams that compete but only 1 is coached by a female. Women have always been seen as the "weaker" gender compared to males, but what about when a women has better qualifications then men? Are they still going to hire a male over a female due to the power and strength concept that are placed into athletics. When a women does get a coaching position, their pay is usually a lot smaller then that of male coaches, thus another effect on women as coaches continue to decrease. (3)