by admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In the final days of the women’s basketball regular season last week, Oklahoma State athletic director Chad Weiberg and coach Jim Littell opened discussions over the future of the Cowgirls’ program. The outcome of those talks came in the form of an announcement from...
by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Cindy Parlow Cone won re-election as U.S. Soccer Federation president on Saturday, fending off a challenge from predecessor Carlos Cordeiro. Cone won 52.9% of the weighted vote from the USSF’s National Council, and will now serve a new, four-year term that will...
by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Friday saw some coaching fireworks at the SEC women’s basketball tournament in Nashville, Tennessee. Kim Mulkey, known for her sometimes theatrical sideline interactions with officials during her 21 years at Baylor, had her first postseason altercation in her...
by admin | Mar 4, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
WNBA legend and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Tina Thompson has been fired as Virginia women’s basketball coach after completing her fourth losing season at the helm of the Cavaliers. Virginia athletic director Carla Williams, who hired Thompson in...
by admin | Mar 3, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The WNBA offseason is long. While we here are focused more on the NBA or college basketball most WNBA players spend their time overseas. Some players are in countries like Australia and Korea, but superstar WNBA players generally earn salaries multiple times more than...
by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
“Acting as if” led a college synchronized swimmer to a legendary basketball coaching career. “Acting as if” generated equal resources for the girls’ basketball program at Westwood High. “Acting as if” produced the Ivy League’s winningest coaching career in any sport,...
by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
South Carolina State women’s basketball coach Audra Smith was fired Thursday, a day after she sued the school in federal court alleging Title IX violations and discriminatory practices at the university. Smith had led the women’s team the past four seasons...
by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Longtime WNBA coach Lin Dunn said her love and loyalty toward the Indiana Fever organization drew her back to take over as interim general manager after Tamika Catchings stepped down from the role Feb. 14. And Dunn thinks the Fever, who have missed the playoffs the...
by admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
What’s my purpose? I think I’m still figuring that out in my life, figuring that out in my career path, figuring that out in myself. You wouldn’t know it, but I’m an introvert. I’m a homebody. Right now, I’m headfirst into any and all things coaching—studying and...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In the summer of 2020, as news spread of a 29-year-old Black man clinging to life after being shot seven times by a Kenosha, Wis., police officer, the Mystics convened an emergency team meeting inside the league’s COVID-19 bubble in Bradenton, Fla. There was no doubt...
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