WNBA coaches

At its inception the WNBA was supposed to be for and about women. Last
year Ann Donovan became the first woman coach to win a championship in
the WNBA. The first 7 championships were won by male coaches. Currently
there are only 4 women coaches in the entire leaque? Am I the only
person to find this an outrageous state of affairs? The advancement of
women in basketball is part of the the WNBA's mission statement. If all
they can manage in all these years are less than a handful of female
coaches...the WNBA has failed miserably in its mission.

"umo" <shoreke.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> At its inception the WNBA was supposed to be for and about women. Last
> year Ann Donovan became the first woman coach to win a championship in
> the WNBA. The first 7 championships were won by male coaches. Currently
> there are only 4 women coaches in the entire leaque? Am I the only
> person to find this an outrageous state of affairs? The advancement of
> women in basketball is part of the the WNBA's mission statement. If all
> they can manage in all these years are less than a handful of female
> coaches...the WNBA has failed miserably in its mission.
>
I wouldn't say the "WNBA has failed miserably". You're right that the WNBA
is supposed "to be for and about women" and that is still true because the
last time I checked, 100% of the players are women. Strictly speaking the
WNBA is advancing women's basketball, with or without women coaches. Look at
the NFL, there are a lot of black players but how many black coaches or
quarterbacks are there? Very little, I think. The WNBA is relatively young
and as players get older and retire, I think many of them will go into
coaching and the number of women coaches will increase. You just have to
give it time. Personally, I follow the Sacramento Monarchs and our top
player is Yo Griffith. She's 35 years old and obviously nearing retirement
and she says she really really want to get into coaching. I don't have any
stats but I wonder how many women coaches there are in NCAA D1 Women's
basketball?