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 HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.