Question About Coaches Attire at Games

[cockhrnleghrn]

Course, Tara V has 17 outfits - all the same.

Tara is a no nonsense kind of woman!

When Dawn Staley coached at Temple she dressed very casually on the sidelines, but they had few people at their games and few games on TV. Since she's been at USC I've noticed her definitely become much more fashion conscious as crowds have increased. As far as I'm concerned, I'm more concerned about winning, players acting in a civilized manner and getting good grades. Coaches' attire is of little importance.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Any way you turn his outfit, it's hard on the eyes. I'm not hating, but all he needs is the red nose, glasses and size 20 shoes to complete his ensemble.

The circus is in town!!

 

[MilfordHusky]

Course, Tara V has 17 outfits - all the same.

Grey pants suit and blue (or occasionally pink) oxford shirt.

 

[MilfordHusky]

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I'm sorry, were you asking something about amazingly stylish female authority figures in heels? I approve!

The heels just increase the difference between Geno's height and theirs.

 

[cordarone]

The WVA men's coach doesn't wear a suit. He wears sweats and sneakers

Bob Huggins did wear a suit (once) back in the days of the old Big East.

 

[Woof 101]

I'm puzzled about how dressed up the coaches are at games and what this seeming protocol/tradition is about. Coach Auriemma wears a jacket and tie and the female coaches--on UConn and so many other teams-- are dressed to the nines, including high heels, which are so damaging for the spine and legs. In this day of increased awareness about sexism and sex-role stereotypes, how is it that these female authority figures are modeling a highly feminized, almost stereotypic, stylishness to amazing female athletes. Are they saying: you can be as aggressive, heroic, athletic and fiercely competitive on the court and in practice, but this is how you should appear when not in those contexts? I'd appreciate any thoughts, observations and insights on this matter.

Hey Mat, the reasons vary as you can see from the comments already posted here. As for the jackets it is well known in basketball circles that when you reached the point of throwing down the gauntlet or trying to draw a T the jacket worked most the time. Also by that time they were hot enough to want it off. Example one we have a classic Cheryl Reeve jacket toss well executed and demonstrative enough to get the announcers discussing it!

What we have next is Kim Mulkey getting credit from the announcer for a jacket throw off but she could not complete the play!

Next we have Rick Pitino and the announcer even saying the jacket toss was good enough to get him the T .
http://btn.com/2014/01/16/wild-scene-breaks-out-during-minnesota-osu-game/
I'll leave it at that for now but once attire is understood we can move on to rearranging furniture, your going to love Bobby Knight .