Women's Coaching Association

01/06/2025

The WNBL is proud to announce the appointment of Kerryn Mitchell as Head Coach for the Adelaide team’s upcoming WNBL season, marking a key turning point in one of the Women’s National Basketball League’s (WNBL) longest-standing clubs.

24/05/2023

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patriots/how-many-female-coaches-are-there-nfl?amp

Let's take a look at the female leadership the NFL has across the league heading into the 2022 season.

24/05/2023

“Before Title IX passed in 1972, the vast majority of coaches of women’s rowing teams were women. After Title IX was enacted and women’s sports teams were granted more funding and opportunities, there was a significant shift in the gender breakdown of women’s rowing coaches, with men filling most of the jobs”

Despite the explosive growth in women’s rowing, men still hold most of the head-coaching jobs, which means teams are missing out on a valuable source of experience, perspective, and talent.

24/05/2023

In partnership with Vicsport, join CMSport's (Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) forum on Wednesday 21 June which will explore ways sports can improve inclusion of culturally diverse women and girls!

Hosted by Australian track and field athlete Nana Owusu-Afriyie, featuring key note speaker Aish Ravi (founder of the Women's Coaching Association) and workshops facilitated by Dr. Tuba Boz (Research Fellow at RMIT University) and Professor Clare Hanlon (Susan Alberti Women in Sport Chair, Victoria University, Melbourne Australia) register here: bit.ly/3MN1JY8

24/05/2023

Join us! This event will bring together people in women's sport to facilitate connections between content creators and the community.

It's FREE! All are welcome! And it will be fun!
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Enjoy Connecting Content Creators and the Women's Sport Community, Hosted at Imperial Hotel, 2-8 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia, Wed 26th Jul 2023, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm AEST. Tickets are free. Only on Humanitix

18/04/2023

“It’s the same pathway, I've done the same badges. Men would feel perfectly within their rights to work in the women’s game, but... you bang on lots of doors."

Hannah Dingley is a trailblazer, the first female academy director in English men's football.

Hannah Dingley tells Daniel Storey about her role as a trailblazer - and the 'unconscious sexism' that comes with it

18/04/2023

“The Australian Government is committed to addressing the underrepresentation of women in sport, especially in high performance coaching roles” 👏

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is proud to announce a $3.9 million funding boost for an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) coaching program aiming to get more women in high performance coaching roles in Australia.

08/03/2023

08/03/2023

Happy International Women’s Day to all the women coaches out there 🧢📋

Whether you’ve coached in the past or currently coaching, keep up the awesome work! Together we will pave the way for more women coaches 🙌

19/11/2022

“It’s not true there aren’t women coaches. It’s that the clubs don’t want to hire them, and they don’t want to hire them because they don’t want to change the status quo, because they benefit from it.”

As women’s soccer embraces gender equity, elite girls' soccer is still largely controlled by men. The results, women say, are toxic for coaches and players alike.

10/11/2022

North Melbourne captain Emma Kearney will join the club's men's program as a player development manager and development coach in a full-time role 👏

North Melbourne's AFLW captain will join the club's men's program in a full-time coaching role as part of the Women’s Coach Acceleration Program

03/11/2022

Join Emma Doyle - Speaker, Mentor and Coach and Natalie Ashdown in Melbourne to celebrate the launch of What Makes a Great Coach? and hitting Number 1 on Amazon!! You won’t want to miss this FREE face to face event! 👇

Join Emma Doyle and Natalie Ashdown in Melbourne to celebrate the launch of What Makes a Great Coach? and hitting Number 1 on Amazon .