The percentage of women’s teams led by female coaches declined from better than 90% in 1972 to 41% in 2020 among all three divisions.
Thursday's Title IX anniversary comes at a time when the governing body for college sports recently updated its transgender policy, as well as facing criticism for failing to ensure equity for last year's men's and women's basketball tournaments following a scathing outside review.įewer women are filling head-coaching roles since President Nixon signed Title IX into law.
“I think it’s enough of a gap that we need to ask ourselves: … are there opportunities that could be created and more teams that could be formed?” Wilson said. And yet, the study found Division I athletics couldn’t match that standard when examining data from 2020 women accounted for 54% of the undergraduate student body in Division I compared to that aforementioned 47.1% rate. Title IX compliance can be measured in multiple ways, including whether the overall program’s gender breakdown is proportionate to that of the general student body. “This milestone Title IX anniversary is an opportune time for recommitment to funding equitable participation opportunities, experiences, and financial aid for student-athletes in men’s and women’s athletics programs.” It’s not a little difference, it’s a big difference,” she said.
