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Dissing of female coaches starts early.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
While the lack of female coaches at the college level is well known, recent research shows they're missing at younger levels too.
Traditional gender roles, the "old boys" network and time constraints are preventing women from taking on more coaching roles for younger women, according to research at the University of Minnesota's Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport.
Nicole LaVoi found that only 15% of coaches in the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association were women, whose number dropped as the level of competition rose. "When it gets serious, when people want to win, then it's ...
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