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Women coaching men is something that should not be a problem but continues to be within sports. There are many capable women coaching women sports and are very under appreciated. There are no female head coaches in Division I basketball or in any pro sports that males particiapte in. There have been many assumptioins as to why that is the case nowadays. I feel as though capable women should be able to coach men's teams but there may not be enough capable women for the arguement to hold any weight. Also, I think that all of the hoops she would have to jumo through just to make sure everything ran smoothly would not be worth the trouble.
The responsibilities that come with being a head coach can be overwhelming for anyone. Head coaches are expected to scout and recruit at the college and professional level. They are also asked to be aware of what is happening in the locker rooms and with players outside of the time the entire team is together. This along with other things such as watching film requires a lot of time. With women coaches, this time can be hard to find when they have families of their own. Being away from the family and/or moving their entire family because of jobs has been a problem for women in any profession.
There was an incident with Penn State and one of their football coaches. He was inprisoned because of some of his in the locker room. With a female coach, the only time she would be allowed to entered the locker room is after the entire team has cleared. When dealing with this kind of issues, it makes it hard for any coach of a different gender to be aware of the locker room and activities that go on.
Legal issues in general are always around when it comes to a male coaching a female team or vice versa. Mal...

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... a challenge on the women's side." (Auerbach 2013)
In my opinion I do think that women should be able to coach men sports. I believe that they are more than capable and the negatives of women coaching men are less than that of men coaching women. The problem is that it has been shown that the applicants of females wanting to coach males has not been pouring in over the last 40 years. Maybe we are asking and wondering about something that they really have no problem with. We can not force a problem that no one else has a problem with as of now. If there were more women applicants wanting to coach men and not getting the job, then there is a problem that needs to be solved. This is almost as if we were asking if women can be firefighters or construction workers. They obviously have all the potential to be just as good as any other person in their respective workplace.

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