*Direct correspondence to Susan Welch, Office of the Dean, College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, 110 Sparks Bldg., University Park, PA 16803 〈swelch@psu.edu〉. Upon request, the first-named author will share all data and coding information with those wishing to replicate this study. The authors appreciate the assistance of Nick Stark and the useful suggestions of Barry Lee, Robert Drago, and Sandra Hanson.
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Who's Calling the Shots? Women Coaches in Division I Women's Sports†
Article first published online: 6 NOV 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00509.x
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Welch, S. and Sigelman, L. (2007), Who's Calling the Shots? Women Coaches in Division I Women's Sports. Social Science Quarterly, 88: 1415–1434. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00509.x
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- Article first published online: 6 NOV 2007
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Objective. During the past 30 years, women have become an increasingly small proportion of coaches of women's sports. We test several explanations for why some institutions have women coaches and others do not.
Methods. Taking the 329 NCAA Division I institutions with women's sports programs as the cases in point, we explore possible explanations for the dearth of women coaches: the resources and prestige of an institution or sport; the gender of the athletic director; and institutional traditionalism.
Results. Within Division I schools, women coaches are more frequently found in more prestigious, resource-richer institutions and those that devote more resources to women's sports.
Conclusions. Although the analysis is confined to Division I schools, it appears that more institutional and organizational efforts need to be made to increase the number of women in the eligible pools for head coaching jobs.