by admin | May 23, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Two-time grand slam winner Simona Halep and Serena Williams’ long-time coach Patrick Mouratoglou joined forces in April in a bid to resurrect the Romanian’s career after an injury hit 2021 took the 30-year-old to the brink of retirement. CNN has been...
by admin | Apr 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Emma Raducanu has split with her coach, Torben Beltz, after working together for only five months. Citing the need to begin a “new training model”, Raducanu will once again be searching for a new coach. “I want to thank Torben for his coaching, professionalism and...
by admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Karin Harjo is the new head coach of Canada’s women’s alpine skiing team, making her the first woman to lead a national ski team on the World Cup stage. Alpine Canada announced Harjo’s hiring on Wednesday. “It’s not the first thing that I think about, but it is really...
by admin | Feb 2, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Caitlyn Callahan was standing in a Starbucks in the fall 2019 when she peered down at her phone and was met with a jolt that changed the course of her life. A couple of clicks told her the New York Yankees had just made Rachel Balkovec the first woman to be a...
by admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Having a nuanced stance on an issue shouldn’t seem radical, though in the dominant “take culture” it often seems like it is. For example, this writer’s feelings on Becky Hammon recently leaving the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant coach to...
by admin | Aug 31, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
As a prep star at Harrisonburg High School, Kristi Toliver wore the No. 5 on her jersey because of Jason Kidd. So it was quite the full-circle moment for Toliver, whose basketball journey had since taken her from Virginia Ms. Basketball to NCAA champion to two-time...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kristi Toliver has a day job right now playing for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. When that gig ends for the winter, she will become an assistant coach on Jason Kidd’s Dallas Mavericks staff, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Read More
by admin | Feb 26, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, who led the women’s team to a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Games, killed himself Thursday after he was charged with sexual assault and human trafficking in relation to acts that occurred at a Michigan gym he owned...
by admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
In her final year guiding the U.S. women’s national soccer team, Jill Ellis earned a $200,000 bonus for winning the 2019 World Cup and almost $750,000 overall, the highest amount for the coach of that acclaimed program but still well behind recent men’s leaders. Read...
by admin | Jan 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Washington promoted Jennifer King to assistant running backs coach, making her the first Black woman with a full-time N.F.L. coaching job, amid increasing scrutiny on the diversity of the league’s hiring. Read in full at the NY Times.
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