A COMMON THREAD

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4:09p, 3/3/22
In 2015, Dawn Staley received a piece of the championship net Carolyn Peck cut down after Peck became the first Black women's basketball coach in Division I to win an NCAA title in 1999 with Purdue.

Staley carried it until she won her championship in 2017 with South Carolina. After winning her title, Staley said she'd continue the tradition. But sharing it with just one coach wouldn't be enough.

"I may just have to cut that up and spread it out amongst all the Black head coaches, so we all have something tangible to hold onto," Staley said.


A COMMON THREAD

In November 2021, Dawn Staley sent pieces of her 2017 NCAA championship net to Black female head coaches around the country, creating a tangible connection for a steadily growing group of women in the sport. In Division I women's college basketball, where 21% of its head coaches identified as Black women during the 2020-21 season according to the NCAA, Staley understood the bond they shared. We spoke to several dozen of the more than 70 coaches who received a net, all of whom shared their perspectives on what it means to be a Black female head coach.


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https://andscape.com/features/dawn-staley-net-black-female-coaches-college-basketball-a-common-thread/?addata=espnw:ncw:index
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4:32p, 3/3/22
Yeah, college athletics isn't all that diverse. Very few basketball players look like me.
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2:33a, 3/5/22
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Dawn turns everything she touches into gold…medals.
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2:15p, 3/7/22
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OP a relative of the great Rudy Woods or am I reading to much into the Rudy and Bryan thing?
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In reply to 85AustinAg • 9:02p, 3/8/22
85AustinAg said:
OP a relative of the great Rudy Woods or am I reading to much into the Rudy and Bryan thing?
Rudybryan named after a parrot - so ya reading to much into it lol
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5:37p, 3/12/22
Now insert white where it says black and tell me if that comment would still be okay?
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In reply to Rudybryan • 6:21p, 3/12/22
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Rudybryan said:
85AustinAg said:
OP a relative of the great Rudy Woods or am I reading to much into the Rudy and Bryan thing?
Rudybryan named after a parrot - so ya reading to much into it lol
No parrot is tall enough to be named Rudy Woods, you say???
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In reply to 13B • 6:23p, 3/12/22
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13B said:
Now insert white where it says black and tell me if that comment would still be okay?
If we had more blacks and more women coaching both men's and women's basketball, then she might not feel the need to establish solidarity with other black women.

I think we need a coach like Dawn here. The wailing and gnashing of teeth would be awesome.
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In reply to greg.w.h • 7:04p, 3/12/22
That didn't really answer my question.
That being said, isn't she the highest paid Women's Head Coach in the SEC, male or female, any color under the rainbow? Poor thing. Where's the push to have more Asian, Indian, Native American, Hispanic represented on teams?
I am so tired of the whole, "I am so downtrodden in a system skewed against me and people like me despite all of my success and an overwhelming majority in the field". It is highly hypocritical for someone so successful, set up in a system that allows them to be successful to act like everything is rigged against them. She can't just be a shining example for all, it only applies to people that look similar?
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In reply to 13B • 8:36p, 3/12/22
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13B said:
That didn't really answer my question.
That being said, isn't she the highest paid Women's Head Coach in the SEC, male or female, any color under the rainbow? Poor thing. Where's the push to have more Asian, Indian, Native American, Hispanic represented on teams?
I am so tired of the whole, "I am so downtrodden in a system skewed against me and people like me despite all of my success and an overwhelming majority in the field". It is highly hypocritical for someone so successful, set up in a system that allows them to be successful to act like everything is rigged against them. She can't just be a shining example for all, it only applies to people that look similar?


I really don't think she's doing that. I think she's saying "look at what I've accomplished and you can do it, too." I don't get involved in the politics or semantics. I truly believe in hiring the best despite race or gender. The reality is, though, she is leading the way. She is the tits right now, and everyone knows it. She can call her shot.
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In reply to 13B • 1:17a, 3/13/22
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13B said:
That didn't really answer my question.
That being said, isn't she the highest paid Women's Head Coach in the SEC, male or female, any color under the rainbow? Poor thing. Where's the push to have more Asian, Indian, Native American, Hispanic represented on teams?
I am so tired of the whole, "I am so downtrodden in a system skewed against me and people like me despite all of my success and an overwhelming majority in the field". It is highly hypocritical for someone so successful, set up in a system that allows them to be successful to act like everything is rigged against them. She can't just be a shining example for all, it only applies to people that look similar?
Your question actually is whining about reverse discrimination without acknowledging whites participated in creating tremendous discrimination that caused men who are white to still be preferred in coaching. It's changing slowly. What she is doing is symbolic, not discrimination.
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1:20a, 3/13/22
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I would add: being overpaid given her resume is righting that injustice by establishing her as an example of fairness.
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In reply to greg.w.h • 2:02p, 3/13/22
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greg.w.h said:
I would add: being overpaid given her resume is righting that injustice by establishing her as an example of fairness.


I don't believe she's overpaid at all.
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