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Shannon Miller, women’s ice hockey coach
University of Minnesota Duluth
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“I know a lot of women assistants who want to be head coaches, but management is not hiring them. They’re hiring men from men’s hockey. The athletics directors are predominantly male, and the old boys’ network is alive and well.
“This is our game. And this is not about not supporting men. It’s about supporting women, who need to be given opportunities.”
Mary Jo Kane, director
Tucker Center for Research
on Girls & Women in Sport
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Prior to Title IX, over 90 percent of the head coaches in women’s athletics were female. But the things you think about when hiring a head coach are playing experience, training, exposure to high-level coaching and competition. And the pool of women with that background has exploded.”
Caroline Ouellette, assistant women’s
ice hockey coach
University of Minnesota Duluth
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“I’ve had great coaches who were men. But I think for young women, it’s really important to see strong female role models. At that point in their lives, when they’re figuring out what they want to become, they need to see women in leadership positions.”
Cathy Parson, women’s basketball coach
Howard University
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
“Basketball has a lot of entrenched traditions. While black men have made significant progress, black women have a lot of things working against them, including the fact they are often not well connected. You have situations where someone like Dawn Staley, who starred at the University of Virginia and the WNBA and is now back to coach in her home town, but those are rare. So you need some type of proactive approach.”
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
The Minnesota Daily
“As an NCAA sport, we have such a small number of programs left. I’d say we’re an endangered species, of sorts.”
Kurt Golder, head men’s gymnastics coach
University of Michigan
The Minnesota Daily
“I can’t believe how any administrator would believe that the best solution (to budget problems) would be to deny opportunities to student-athletes. That goes directly against the NCAA’s mission, and it causes a lot of problems within our sport.”
Bob Wuornos, executive director
Men’s Intercollegiate Gymnastics Support Program
The Minnesota Daily
“It’s extremely important for the Big Ten to hold together. If even one school drops, there’s potential for the other schools to drop theirs, since the conference championship would be lost. And if that happens, I could see the rest of the schools following suit, kind of like the domino effect.
“Women’s gymnastics and a lot of other sports are starting to see their opportunities erode. It’s not as if there aren’t enough athletes wanting to become college athletes; there are still plenty of students wanting to compete. There just aren’t enough opportunities anymore.”
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Women in coaching
Shannon Miller, women’s ice hockey coach
University of Minnesota Duluth
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“I know a lot of women assistants who want to be head coaches, but management is not hiring them. They’re hiring men from men’s hockey. The athletics directors are predominantly male, and the old boys’ network is alive and well.
“This is our game. And this is not about not supporting men. It’s about supporting women, who need to be given opportunities.”
Mary Jo Kane, director
Tucker Center for Research
on Girls & Women in Sport
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Prior to Title IX, over 90 percent of the head coaches in women’s athletics were female. But the things you think about when hiring a head coach are playing experience, training, exposure to high-level coaching and competition. And the pool of women with that background has exploded.”
Caroline Ouellette, assistant women’s
ice hockey coach
University of Minnesota Duluth
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“I’ve had great coaches who were men. But I think for young women, it’s really important to see strong female role models. At that point in their lives, when they’re figuring out what they want to become, they need to see women in leadership positions.”
Cathy Parson, women’s basketball coach
Howard University
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
“Basketball has a lot of entrenched traditions. While black men have made significant progress, black women have a lot of things working against them, including the fact they are often not well connected. You have situations where someone like Dawn Staley, who starred at the University of Virginia and the WNBA and is now back to coach in her home town, but those are rare. So you need some type of proactive approach.”
Men’s gymnastics
Mike Burns, head men’s gymnastics coachUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities
The Minnesota Daily
“As an NCAA sport, we have such a small number of programs left. I’d say we’re an endangered species, of sorts.”
Kurt Golder, head men’s gymnastics coach
University of Michigan
The Minnesota Daily
“I can’t believe how any administrator would believe that the best solution (to budget problems) would be to deny opportunities to student-athletes. That goes directly against the NCAA’s mission, and it causes a lot of problems within our sport.”
Bob Wuornos, executive director
Men’s Intercollegiate Gymnastics Support Program
The Minnesota Daily
“It’s extremely important for the Big Ten to hold together. If even one school drops, there’s potential for the other schools to drop theirs, since the conference championship would be lost. And if that happens, I could see the rest of the schools following suit, kind of like the domino effect.
“Women’s gymnastics and a lot of other sports are starting to see their opportunities erode. It’s not as if there aren’t enough athletes wanting to become college athletes; there are still plenty of students wanting to compete. There just aren’t enough opportunities anymore.”
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