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An Examination of Coaching Tenure in Women's Division I College Basketball: Does the Head Coach's Gender or Race Matter?

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  • Johnny Ducking
  • Pete Groothuis
  • Joseph Nation

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Using panel data on National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I womenÕs college basketball head coaches, we examine if there is a difference in tenure length based on the race and gender of the head coach. First, we find that athletic success is the main reason for a lower probability of exiting their coaching position. Second, we find that female head coaches have a lower probability of exiting a coaching position than male head coaches after controlling for performance. Third, we find that the race of the head coach has no influence on the exit probability of the head coach. We explore if this difference in exit probabilities is due to a difference in outside opportunities of males, a difference in gender matched preferences for mentoring, or discrimination against one of the groups. Key Words: NCAA womenÕs basketball, discrimination, race, gender, performance

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  • Johnny Ducking & Pete Groothuis & Joseph Nation, 2025. "An Examination of Coaching Tenure in Women's Division I College Basketball: Does the Head Coach's Gender or Race Matter?," Working Papers 25-06, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University.
    • Handle: RePEc:apl:wpaper:25-06
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