UC Continues Earning High Marks in Hiring Female Coaches

CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati received an tenth-straight "A" grade in hiring female coaches based on the latest report card from the Tucker Center and WeCOACH.

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UC Continues Earning High Marks in Hiring Female CoachesUC Continues Earning High Marks in Hiring Female Coaches
CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati received a 10th-straight "A" grade in hiring female coaches based on the latest report card from the Tucker Center and WeCOACH.
 
The annual study, now in its 10th year, is presented by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota — the first research center of its kind in the world — and WeCOACH, the premier organization dedicated to the recruitment, advancement, and retention of women coaches of all sports at all levels.
 
Cincinnati is the only school to earn an "A" in all ten years of the study. Eight of the 10 Bearcats women's teams are coached by women, with the 80% mark ranking second among schools in Select 7 conferences.
 
The 2021-22 dataset indicates the percentage of women head coaches of NCAA D-I women's teams in Select 7 conferences is up again (43.7%) for the eighth year in a row, and for the fourth year in a row for all NCAA D-I women's teams (43.4%).
 
Every year, the Tucker Center and WeCOACH release the report card and assigns grades to institutions based on the percentage of women's head coaches of women's teams in seven leagues, the American Athletic Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Pac-12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference.