2018 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion

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Right turn at Albuquerque wrote:

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Turned Left wrote:

In NCAA track female student-athletes make up 51% of athletes, but just 18% of head coaches and 28% of assistant positions [that oversee women’s programs – men’s staff numbers don’t bear repeating]. Of those women’s programs, minority women make up 40% of female rosters, yet only 4% of head coaching jobs in women’s track. As you can ascertain from these numbers, that means (predominately white) men hold approximately 80% of all positions on the field. Your own compliance office submits these numbers annually, this is all available online.

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Nice numbers. How many women vs men apply for the jobs? I believe the pool is higher for men.

What kind of a role should potential pregnancy play in the consideration of a 20-something year old woman? Is there a statistic on an average of say 6-8 years, and the percentage of female coaches that got pregnant? If not, maybe there should be.

You sound intelligent, so I think these numbers and issues will be easily understood.

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txRUNNERgirl wrote:

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Right turn at Albuquerque wrote:

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Turned Left wrote:

In NCAA track female student-athletes make up 51% of athletes, but just 18% of head coaches and 28% of assistant positions [that oversee women’s programs – men’s staff numbers don’t bear repeating]. Of those women’s programs, minority women make up 40% of female rosters, yet only 4% of head coaching jobs in women’s track. As you can ascertain from these numbers, that means (predominately white) men hold approximately 80% of all positions on the field. Your own compliance office submits these numbers annually, this is all available online.

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Nice numbers. How many women vs men apply for the jobs? I believe the pool is higher for men.

What kind of a role should potential pregnancy play in the consideration of a 20-something year old woman? Is there a statistic on an average of say 6-8 years, and the percentage of female coaches that got pregnant? If not, maybe there should be.

You sound intelligent, so I think these numbers and issues will be easily understood.

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You do know men play a role in pregnancy, but I realize this is LetsRun and there may not be a good understanding of reproduction around here.

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Right turn at Albuquerque wrote:

And your comment about a misunderstanding of reproduction, is an example that you don't get the point.

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Pogo wrote:

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Right turn at Albuquerque wrote:

And your comment about a misunderstanding of reproduction, is an example that you don't get the point.

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You wrote that sentence, can you explain what it means? (I think I know what it means... But the totally irrelevant comma in the middle makes me wonder if you do)

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Shadow Lurker wrote:
ESPECIALLY if you're going to need to be out 1 - 2 months to have said child. Do women understand this?

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FrankandBeans wrote:

Anybody else have a phone interview in the last few days for a head coaching position where the entire search committee on the call consisted only of the A.D. and the 24-year old cheerleading coach? They also asked the most basic questions (describe your strengths and weaknesses, what is your management style, etc) that were seemingly pulled from “HR Questions for Dummies” if such a book existed. I am guessing I was part of a charade interview process so they could check off that they did phone interviews before moving onto hiring whomever it is they already planned to hire.

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