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Message: [QUOTE="augustaTC, post: 2129572, member: 7216"] [B][/B] I think that if Geno and Dawn were on a panel together they would end up pretty much in agreement. They're both have valid points IMO. No question that (non-coaching) career options for college educated women have grown significantly over the past 25+ years & Dawn is certainly right that the visibility of women's basketball (and Geno's success in it) has made it a more viable career path for male coaches to pursue. Since the number of coaching positions in WBB are more or less finite, the competition for each one has essentially doubled from what it used to be, way back when. What annoys me is the kind of underlying notion that "something should be done about it", that underlies this type of question. That there is perhaps there is some kind of gender discrimination going on. And (unsaid, but there) that perhaps some kind of "gender equality" rule should be installed for WBB coaching positions. Do you mandate that a coach of each gender be interviewed for every head coaching job? Please don't give the NCAA any ideas. There certainly are a lot of great women coaches. The Final Four is equally divided M/F. Same with the Elite Eight if memory serves. Let's not create an issue that isn't there. Makes for good headlines I guess. [/QUOTE]