NATIONAL WOMEN COACHES DAY 3.7.26

National Women Coaches Day honors the powerful influence of women coaches who lead, mentor, and inspire the next generation of athletes and is a commitment to building a future where women coaches belong and thrive in every coaching arena. The day is also intended to raise awareness of the need for more women in coaching roles across all sports and levels. 

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Despite decades of growth in girls’ and women’s sport participation following the passage of Title IX, research from the NCAA Demographics Database, the Aspen Institute’s Project Play, and the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport shows that women remain significantly underrepresented in coaching leadership. In 1972, more than 90% of women’s collegiate teams were led by women head coaches. Today, 41% of women’s teams across all three NCAA divisions are led by women head coaches. Women of color lead only 7% of NCAA women’s teams. Women lead less than 5% of men’s collegiate teams. At the youth level, approximately 26% of girls sports teams have women coaches.