I agree. Also it always seems like women have more hoops to jump through.
I had one female coach and scores of male coaches in my career. Is it any surprise that the female was the most overqualified to coach? Is it any surprise she was also the best coach I had? Thoughtful training plans that led to healthier athletes, an appropriate approach to curb eating issues, and a tough no nonsense attitude. It's not a coincidence.
My female assistant coach had been the top runner and captain when she was a student at our college. Then she was the assistant coach under the head coach for many years before finally getting the title.
I suffered from pretty serious depression as a college freshman. I returned from break and my times in the 3K were a whopping 35 seconds slower than they had been before break. Noticable right? Well no one approached me about it. And back then I didn't have the words to articulate what was going on or even call what I was going through depression. It was that female assistant coach, not the head coach who called me to a meeting to talk things out. The meeting, I remember was late at night because she was working with another athlete on my who had to complete the workout after practice because of internships. She spent all day at her day job, coached regular practice, coached another athlete, and met with me. I just think about this and all the male coaches I had that did not put in the effort. It's not that the male coaches I had were bad or anything, but it will always strike me as weird that they were underqualified, and less passionate about their athletes.
This isn't a meritocracy. Women are looked down upon and seen as weaker, and less capable of jobs that put them in charge through bias.