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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 5186759, member: 591"] My wife and I are both believers that - as long as men's basketball is so largely coached by males, and as long as there are women who want to be coaches, particularly ex-players, then the trend should be for more female coaches. As far as the current collection of male coaches in the P4, the objection is relatively minor. Most of the older ones have either been there forever, or had great success at a previous school where they were for a substantial period of time. Also, some (I haven't researched it) of the younger male coaches may have been rated as top assistants deserving of a shot at head coach. At up to 5 Assistants per school, I don't particularly see why no male would qualify as an assistant. As someone noted, the hiring decision should be based on expectations. Seeing more successful women and ex-player coaches can only keep things improving. Incidentally, a similar situation has been noted with referees, in that there are more ex-players among referees, although, again, males are over-represented. However, quite a few of the male refs are nearing retirement, I would hope. [/QUOTE]