The Experience of Minority Female Coaches within Intercollegiate Athletics

It has been suggested that the United States has shown an increase of acceptance and positive attitudes toward diverse cultures and populations. However, there continues to be a drought in research that examines the experience of minority women. In addition, few studies have focused on minority female coaches within athletic environments, which have been known to be both heterosexist and homonegative (Griffin, 1992; Griffin, 1998; Krane, 1996; Krane & Barber, 2003; Krane & Barber, 2005; Roper & Halloran, 2007; Schreibstein, 2010). A person who holds a minority identity has been defined by this paper as belonging to an underrepresented group, including: race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, religion, and/or sexual orientation. This study, in particular, focused on three specific minority groups: race, gender, and sexual orientation. The proposed study assessed the experiences, challenges, and strategies to overcome obstacles of female coaches who hold minority statuses within National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletic departments.

Darthmouth athletics. A complete history of all kinds of sports at the college.

Mode of access: Internet.

More hurdles to clear : women and girls in competitive athletics /

"July 1980."

All-around athletics /

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Athletics /

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The training of the body for games, athletics, gymnastics, and other forms of exercise and for health, growth, and development /

Parts 1, 2, 6, and appendices by Eustace H. Miles.

University of Michigan Women's Athletics--Rifling

Daybook, image #70

Athletics Ad. Bldg. [Administrative Building], June 1950

Fry and Kasurin, architects. Building had several uses. From 1912-1913, it was a clubhouse; from 1917-1955 an administrative building. In 1925 there was extensive renovation on the building. Back of building faces west. Demolished in 1974.

UM Athletics, team captains, 1943/44

[L-R: Don Lund - baseball, Philip Marcellus - golf, Charles Fries - swimming, Bob Hume - track, Alden Johnson - tennis, John Greene - wrestling, not pictured is football captain Paul White who left school for service with the Marines). Michigan teams won or shared eight Big Ten Titles in 1943/44]