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Women's game needs more women coaches

By Graham Hays
ESPN.com

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Whether the criticism is fair in the specific case of Auburn's decision to hire Gene Chizik to coach its football team, Charles Barkley's blistering take on the situation shines a useful spotlight (or blowtorch, as the case may be with Barkley) on the legitimate and wide-ranging issue of minority hiring in big-time college football. But that's not the only coaching inequality marring the sporting landscape. Athletic playing fields have often been a forward operating station on the march to ...

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