People ignoring the reality of coaching. Women interested in pursuing elite coaching will likely have to sacrifice family goals to participate in high-level travel or college. My kids played in the area and I can't recall one coach across the big clubs who was female except for the former head of Bethesda's girls program, who resigned 5+ years ago. She was a MAC Herman winner, UNC captain, USWNT WC Champion and former head coach at UMD. Her husband was the men's coach at UMD.

The current UMD coach was a coach at PDA and Rutgers for years before making the move.

Also, OP left out that last year's winner, UCLA, is lead by a woman. Looking across Power 4 conferences, the BigTen (UMD, PSU, U of IL, U of WI, U of MN, U of MI, OSU, U of WA, UCLA, USC) is best represented with 11 programs led by women and the ACC has the least (1).

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That is a completely bullshit analysis.

There are exactly zero - zip - none -nada - soccer coaches who think that the women’s game is similar to the men’s game. Heck - Dorrence made his name and money establishing that the games, and the coaching, are very very different. Apples to Horse Shoes.

If that were a valid reason then there wouldn’t be so many men coaching women’s teams. It’s a totally different game how can men coach women?

Coaching is a skill like anything else. As long as it doesn’t require more strength and physicality, there is no reason women learn to be just as good. The best players usually don’t make the best coaches. Coaching is a lot about being a good teacher and motivator.

It’s a totally different game. Men coach girl teams and women’s teams because they excluded and continue to exclude women from being hired.

If the ncaa required every college to have at least 50 percent of the coaching staff be women then golly gee, somehow the colleges would find women coaches.

We’ve been down this same road before. Girls don’t like sports. Why have sports for girls who don’t want to play. Yet every single time a new opportunity to play arises; girls jump in. The fastest growing high school sports currently? Girls flag football and girls wrestling.

No - you cannot coach girls like you coach boys - in any sport. Soccer included.

Your 50% requirement is not legal.

Women should only be coached by women

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Anonymous wrote:

That is a completely bullshit analysis.

There are exactly zero - zip - none -nada - soccer coaches who think that the women’s game is similar to the men’s game. Heck - Dorrence made his name and money establishing that the games, and the coaching, are very very different. Apples to Horse Shoes.

If that were a valid reason then there wouldn’t be so many men coaching women’s teams. It’s a totally different game how can men coach women?

Coaching is a skill like anything else. As long as it doesn’t require more strength and physicality, there is no reason women learn to be just as good. The best players usually don’t make the best coaches. Coaching is a lot about being a good teacher and motivator.

It’s a totally different game. Men coach girl teams and women’s teams because they excluded and continue to exclude women from being hired.

If the ncaa required every college to have at least 50 percent of the coaching staff be women then golly gee, somehow the colleges would find women coaches.

We’ve been down this same road before. Girls don’t like sports. Why have sports for girls who don’t want to play. Yet every single time a new opportunity to play arises; girls jump in. The fastest growing high school sports currently? Girls flag football and girls wrestling.

No - you cannot coach girls like you coach boys - in any sport. Soccer included.

Anonymous wrote:I'm watching the Florida State versus Stanford NCAA women's soccer championship game and noticed both schools have male head coaches. Is there a reason at this point that happens in women's soccer and not men's? I also see numerous women's pro and national team coaches who are men but can't think of any female head coaches of men's teams at the D1, pro, or top international levels. I remember a woman recently led UChicago to a men's D3 title (she has since left).

You're outdated by a decade if not more. Being a man or a woman is not a binary. It's not even an objective fact, more like a state of feeling. So please drop the hate.

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Anonymous wrote:Not true at all. I've been in a position where I've posted job openings for coaches, and I get 100% male response and zero females applying. Seen this many times.

So? This just means you should find ways to reach out to women, work with head hunters.

Your like a company that only recruits from Ivy and not HBCUs and wonder why you have no black applicants.

I'm not that poster, but I assume you're trolling at this point.

He (or she!) is not recruiting from anywhere. He posted a job that ANYONE could apply to, presumable online, and only male applicants applied. Assuming at least one applicant is qualified, they aren't going to waste their time going after another candidate just because they want a women, think if about it if the situation was reversed!

Clearly you don’t understand recruiting.

You sound like you don’t understand how to build the most successful team.

You don’t just go with the slugs on Indeed.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not true at all. I've been in a position where I've posted job openings for coaches, and I get 100% male response and zero females applying. Seen this many times.

So? This just means you should find ways to reach out to women, work with head hunters.

Your like a company that only recruits from Ivy and not HBCUs and wonder why you have no black applicants.

Head hunters for soccer coaches? DCUM complains enough about pay to play…

You don’t know what a head hunter is do you?

Anonymous wrote:

That is a completely bullshit analysis.

There are exactly zero - zip - none -nada - soccer coaches who think that the women’s game is similar to the men’s game. Heck - Dorrence made his name and money establishing that the games, and the coaching, are very very different. Apples to Horse Shoes.

If that were a valid reason then there wouldn’t be so many men coaching women’s teams. It’s a totally different game how can men coach women?

Coaching is a skill like anything else. As long as it doesn’t require more strength and physicality, there is no reason women learn to be just as good. The best players usually don’t make the best coaches. Coaching is a lot about being a good teacher and motivator.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not true at all. I've been in a position where I've posted job openings for coaches, and I get 100% male response and zero females applying. Seen this many times.

So? This just means you should find ways to reach out to women, work with head hunters.

Your like a company that only recruits from Ivy and not HBCUs and wonder why you have no black applicants.

Head hunters for soccer coaches? DCUM complains enough about pay to play…

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not true at all. I've been in a position where I've posted job openings for coaches, and I get 100% male response and zero females applying. Seen this many times.

So? This just means you should find ways to reach out to women, work with head hunters.

Your like a company that only recruits from Ivy and not HBCUs and wonder why you have no black applicants.

I'm not that poster, but I assume you're trolling at this point.

He (or she!) is not recruiting from anywhere. He posted a job that ANYONE could apply to, presumable online, and only male applicants applied. Assuming at least one applicant is qualified, they aren't going to waste their time going after another candidate just because they want a women, think if about it if the situation was reversed!

Anonymous wrote:Not true at all. I've been in a position where I've posted job openings for coaches, and I get 100% male response and zero females applying. Seen this many times.

So? This just means you should find ways to reach out to women, work with head hunters.

Your like a company that only recruits from Ivy and not HBCUs and wonder why you have no black applicants.

In reality, the first step is attending a coaching course, but how many people know that before they have any experience. Probably none.