A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS IN 2018/19 A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS 2018 - 2019 ABOUT LEVEL ONE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Level One Sports and Entertainment (L1) is a boutique consulting company that strives to provide excellent service and innovative solutions to sports and entertainment organizations around the globe. Our services include: L1 is also compiling a Knowledge Hub that will feature research on a variety of topics in the sports and entertainment industries. A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS 2018 - 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION P. 1 NETBALL P. 45 Vitality Netball World Cup EXECUTIVE SUMMARY P. 2 Suncorp Super Netball League (Australia) ANZ Premiership (New Zealand) M1 Netball Super League (Singapore) SOCCER P. 3 Telkom Netball League (South Africa) FIFA Women’s World Cup Vitality Netball Superleague (United Kingdom) W-League (Australia) WSL (England) Division 1 Feminine (France) VOLLEYBALL P. 59 Allianz Frauen-Bundesliga (Germany) FIVB Women’s World Championship LigaMX Femenil (Mexico) Lega Pallavolo Serie A1 Femminile (Italy) OBOS Damallsvenskan (Sweden) Vestel Venus Sultanlar Ligi (Turkey) NWSL (USA) NCAA Division 1 Championship (USA) NCAA Division 1 Championship (USA) BASKETBALL P. 25 SOFTBALL P. 71 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship Chemist Warehouse WNBL Championship (Australia) NCAA Division 1 Championship (USA) Lega Basket Femminile Serie A1 (Italy) WPBL (Russia) METHODOLOGY P. 79 Liga Dia (Spain) Kadinlar Basketbol Super Ligi (Turkey) SOURCES P. 80 WNBA (USA) NCAA Division 1 (USA) A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS 2018 - 2019 “THERE IS MUCH ROOM FOR GROWTHgrowth FOR WOMEN TO BECOME HEAD COACHES OF WOMEN’S TEAMS AT THE TOP LEVEL.” Natalie Lutz L1 Managing Director A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018-2019 1 INTRODUCTIONIntroduction Our inaugural snapshot at Level One Sports & Entertainment has been developed with the aim of raising awareness about the current landscape of coaches in women’s sports. We would love to see more athletes selecting the coaching pathway when they retire, and we hope this snapshot positively contributes to impacting this trend. Level One collected data for 2018 - 2019 from various women’s professional, semiprofessional and amateur leagues, as well as global women’s national team competitions, that had publicly available information regarding the gender of the participating head coaches. We focused on the team sports of soccer, basketball, netball, volleyball and softball. We celebrate the qualified men and women coaching women’s teams, as we believe the ultimate goal is for players to receive the best possible expertise and coaching in order to further professionalize these sports. At the same time, the majority of head coaches for the women’s teams analyzed in this snapshot are men. (The only real exception to this is the sport of netball, as 88% of coaches were women for the collected data. In softball, 54% of coaches were women, but the data collected was a very small sample size of 1 national team competition and 1 domestic competition.) While this fact may or may not hold true if a comprehensive study of all women’s L1 Managing Director teams is completed, it is still reasonable to conclude that there is much room for growth for women to become head coaches of women’s teams at the top level. A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Level 1 compiled data on the gender of 578 head coaches in 5 sports: soccer, basketball, netball, volleyball and softball. Five (5) global national team competitions and twenty-four (24) domestic leagues were analyzed. Overall, in these leagues 40% of head coaches are women and competitions: 60% of head coaches are men ONE national team SEVEN leagues competition (Netball) Basketball: NCAA Championship (USA) featured a female head featured a female head Softball: NCAA Championship (USA) coach for the majority coach for the majority Netball: Australia, New Zealand, of participating teams: Singapore, South Africa and UK of participating teams. Head Coaches Women Men 232 Total 346 578 A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 3 SOCCER FIFA Women’s World Cup W-League (Australia) WSL (England) Division 1 Feminine (France) Allianz Frauen-Bundesliga (Germany) LigaMX Femenil (Mexico) OBOS Damallsvenskan (Sweden) NWSL (USA) NCAA Division 1 Championship (USA) A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 4 SOCCER OVERVIEW Level 1 compiled data on the gender of head coaches for nine (9) women’s soccer competitions around the world: one ( 1 ) global national team competition and eight (8) domestic league competitions. An overview of the data for the sport of women’s soccer is below. Head Coaches Women Men Total 48 130 178 27% Women Men 73% A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 5 SOCCER 2019 FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP Coach Coach Team Name Team Name Argentina Carlos Borrello Japan Asako Takakura-Takemoto Australia Ante Milicic Korea Republic Yoon Deokyeo Brazil Vadao Netherlands Sarina Wiegman Cameroon Alain Djeumfa New Zealand Tom Sermanni Canada Kenneth Heiner-Moller Nigeria Thomas Dennerby Chile Jose Letelier Norway Martin Sjogren China Jia Xiuquan Scotland Shelley Kerr England Phil Neville South Africa Desiree Ellis France Corinne Diacre Spain Jorge Vilda Germany Martina Voss-Tecklenburg Sweden Peter Gerhardsson Italy Milena Bertolini Thailand Nuengruethai Sathongwien Jamaica Hue Menzies USA Jill Ellis A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 6 2019 FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup featured 24 teams. 37.5% of the head coaches in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup are women. Head Coaches Women Men Total 9 15 24 37.5% Women Men 62.5% A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 7 SOCCER 2018-19 W-LEAGUE AUSTRALIA Coach Team Name Adelaide United Ivan Karlovic Brisbane Roar Mel Andreatta Canberra Heather Garriock Melbourne City Rado Vidosic Melbourne Victory Jeff Hopkins Newcastle Jets Craig Deans Perth Glory Bobby Despotovski Sydney FC Ante Juric Western Sydney Dan Barrett Wanderers A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 8 2018-19 W-LEAGUE (AUSTRALIA) The 2018-19 W-League featured 9 teams. 22% of the head coaches in the 2018-19 W-League are women. Head Coaches Women Men Total 2 7 9 22% Women Men 78% A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 9 SOCCER 2018-19 WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE (WSL) ENGLAND Coach Team Name Arsenal FC Joe Montemurro Marc Skinner Birmingham City FC Marta Tejedor Brighton & Hove Hope Powell Albion FC Bristol City FC Tanya Oxtoby Chelsea FC Emma Hayes Willie Kirk Everton FC Andy Spence Liverpool FC Vicky Jepson Manchester City FC Nick Cushing Reading FC Kelly Chambers West Ham United FC Matt Beard Yeovil Town FC Lee Burch A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 10 2018-19 WSL (ENGLAND) The 2018-19 Women’s Super League featured 11 teams. 46% of the head coaches in the 2018-19 WSL are women. Head Coaches Women Men Total 6 7 13 *Birmingham City Women FC had two head coaches in 2018-19: 1 man and 1 woman *Everton Ladies FC had two head coaches in 2018-19: 2 men Women 46% 54% Men A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 11 SOCCER 2018-19 DIVISION 1 FEMININE FRANCE Coach Team Name Bordeaux Jerome Dauba Dijon Yannick Chandioux EAG / Guingamp Frederic Biancalani Jean Claude Daix FC Fleury 91 H Boumezoued FC Metz Manuel Peixoto Dominique Carlier Lille OSC Rachel Saidi Lyon Reynald Pedros Montpellier Laurent Mortel Paris FC Sandrine Soubeyrand PSG Olivier Echouafni Rodez AF Sabrina Viguier Soyaux ASJ Sebastien Joseph A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 12 2018-19 DIVISION 1 FEMININE (FRANCE) The 2018-19 Division 1 Feminine featured 12 teams. 21% of the head coaches in the 2018-19 Division 1 Feminine are women. Head Coaches Women Men Total 3 11 14 *Lille OSC had two head coaches in 2018-19: 1 man and 1 woman *FC Fleury 91 had two head coaches in 2018-19: 2 men 21% Women Men 79% A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 13 SOCCER 2018-19 ALLIANZ FRAUEN-BUNDESLIGA GERMANY Coach Team Name 1. FFC Frankfurt Niko Arnautis Bayer 04 Leverkusen Verena Hagedorn Bayern Munchen Thomas Worle Borussia Rene Krienen Monchengladbach MSV Duisburg Thomas Gerstner SC Freiburg Jens Scheuer SC Sand Sascha Glass SGS Essen Daniel Kraus SV Werder Bremen Carmen Roth TSG Hoffenheim Jurgen Ehrmann Turbine Potsdam Matthias Rudolph VfL Wolfsburg Stephan Lerch A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 14 2018-19 ALLIANZ FRAUEN-BUNDESLIGA (GERMANY) The 2018-19 Allianz Frauen-Bundesliga featured 12 teams. 17% of the head coaches in the 2018-19 Allianz Frauen-Bundesliga are women. Head Coaches Women Men Total 2 10 12 17% Women Men 83% A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 15 SOCCER 2018-19 LIGA MX FEMENIL MEXICO Coach Coach Team Name Team Name 2019 OBOS America Leonardo Cuellar Rivera Pachuca Eva Maria Espejo Pinzon Fernando Samayoa Jorge Isaac Gomez DAMALLSVENSKAN Atlas Puebla FC Gonzalez Gonzalez Ileana Maria Davila Cruz Azul Hugo Santana Paez UNAM Pumas Rodriguez (SWEDEN) Guadalajara Luis Manuel Diaz Queretaro Alberto Arellano de la Mora Leon Everaldo Begines Villareal Santos Laguna Jorge Macias Gurrola Jose Julio Cevada Lobos BUAP Tigres UANL Ramon Villa Zevallos Hernandez Gerardo Daniel Romo Monterrey Hector Becerra Becerra Tijuana Gomez Juan Carlos Mendoza M. Morelia Filadelfo Rangel Vargas Toluca Castro Fabiola Arizbeth Vargas Necaxa Veracruz Rodolfo Vega Calera Curiel A SNAPSHOT OF COACHES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: 2018 - 2019 16 2018-19 LIGA MX FEMENIL (MEXICO) The 2018-19 Liga MX Femenil featured 18 teams.