One thing from the article that is probably overlooked -- such as the Rock thread on the search for a new women's basketball coach -- is the fact that the incredibly successful women's teams at NU are led by female coaches. With all due respect to Coach McKeown (who I consider to be a friend), until women are granted access to coaching jobs on male teams, I truly believe that it is unfair to female athletes at the major college level to have men as their head coaches. I see it as a parallel to the principal underlying the NFL's Rooney Rule -- which has, of course, NOT successfully created coaching jobs for minority coaches despite the fact that the clear majority of NFL players are black. Female basketball players, those not fortunate enough to be good enough to continue their careers in basketball at the professional level, here or abroad, must either look for opportunities in basketball media, or simply move on with their lives without the game. The fact remains that NFL owners and general managers generally hire coaches that look like them, as do college ADs. In my opinion, Geno is a hall of fame coach... but the powers that be at U Conn have failed their obligation to their female student athletes by keeping him employed.
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