The argument that it makes no difference whether a man or a woman is hired to
coach a women's team is, at this point, entirely misguided.  As has been
pointed out, there has been an entire generation of women that has grown up
since playing basketball became an accepted part of their lives.  How many of
these women have been hired to coach men's basketball?  I don't just mean
head coaches; can anyone name me a woman assisstant in a big time basketball
program?
 
Woman have also been shut out of top athletic administration positions.  I
can't think of a female AD at a major school since Merrily Dean Baker got run
out of East Lansing.
 
Until what goes around comes around, women have a perfectly good reason to
get defensive about men getting plum positions coaching women's teams.
 
J. Michael Jackson
 
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