Women College Basketball Coaches [Paperback]

Rosemarie Skaine (Author), Betty F. Jaynes (Foreword)

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Publication Date: April 2001

Tall, powerful athletes surge toward the goal in the last seconds of a fiercely fought game, providing excitement to an arena full of basketball fans. Increasingly, challenging games like this are being played by women's college teams. With the passage of Title IX and the success of the WNBA (Women's National Basketball League), women's college teams have received more support and attention both from academic institutions and basketball fans. One of the primary reasons for the growing interest in women's college basketball is the dedication of the women who coach these student athletes to personal and athletic success. Women currently coach nearly 65 percent of the women's basketball teams in all divisions of the NCAA. Their commitment to their sport and to their athletes has resulted in a game and a generation of athletes unlike any other. This analysis of the role of women coaches in college basketball provides a detailed history of women's involvement in college sports, as well as insights into the work of the great women coaches of the past and present, all highlighted through interviews with some of the most important women coaches of today.

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Rosemarie Skaine, a sociologist in Cedar Falls, Iowa also wrote Power and Gender: Issues in Sexual Dominance and Harassment (1996, $49.95) and Women at War: Gender Issues of Americans in Combat (1999, $28.50).

Product Details

• Paperback: 197 pages
• Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786409207
• ISBN-13: 978-0786409204
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,163,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An informative study of the role women coaches play, May 15, 2003

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Women College Basketball Coaches by sociologist Rosemarie Skaine is an informed and informative study of the role women coaches play in the exciting and competitive arena of college basketball. From trends in program revenues, to statistical information concerning resource allocation, to the diversity of coaches and coaching styles, to college basketball game attendance, and more, Women College Basketball Coaches is a fact-filled, seminal, account of female influence in a widely popular collegiate sport. Enhanced with photos of the coaches, Women College Basketball Coaches is a welcome and highly recommended contribution to academic Sports History reference collections in general and especially commended to the attention of women's college basketball enthusiasts in particular.