Soccer coaches can now earn a ‘diploma’ in LGBT inclusion
NSCAA course talks about language and heterosexism.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 7, 2016NSCAA course talks about language and heterosexism.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 7, 2016Northwestern swimming coach Jesse Moore talks publicly for the first time about being gay.
By Erik Hall | November 2, 2016Nich Lee Parker, the head coach of the Columbia Univ. lightweight rowing program, is up for US Rowing’s coach-of-the-year award.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 17, 2016Bryant Univ. assistant basketball coach Chris Burns came out publicly as gay a year ago. It’s been an amazing year.
By Christopher Burns | October 10, 2016Curt Miller came out publicly as gay last year when he was named head coach of the Connecticut Sun. The team has now given him a promotion.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 21, 2016It was only due to his gay son coming out that Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino considered his perspective on LGBT people. Coming out is the key to acceptance.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 14, 2016Kirk Walker has been openly gay with his players and the public for over a decade. He encourages other coaches to coach authentically.
By Coach Kirk Walker | September 13, 2016After coming out as gay, Rob Redding has found nothing but support from the football team and athletic department at Div. II Henderson State University.
By Rob Redding | August 24, 2016"Mrs. Drumgoole has engaged in a lifestyle, in a manner that is inconsistent with the tenets of the Catholic faith," the school's attorney has said. Being gay disqualifies her from coaching in the eyes of the church.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 22, 2016While a slight majority of coaches polled by USA Today support withdrawing NCAA tournament games from North Carolina, at least one coach said he actively supports HB2, North Carolina's anti-transgender law.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 10, 2016Jeremy Fewell came out after having two boys with his ex-wife. Now he's thriving in the athletic department at UT-San Antonio, elated to have his sons back in his life.
By Erik Hall | July 8, 2016Both the Univ. of Kansas and Kansas State have been blessed with the transformative power of soccer coach Jessica Smith coming out and being out as a gay coach. She is living proof of the power of courage.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 30, 2016When Andre Arsenault came out to his college volleyball team, his coach stuck by his gay player's side.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 22, 2016Stephanie White has been vocal about LGBT rights as she's been coaching in the WNBA and women's basketball for years.
By Jim Buzinski | May 26, 2016His apologists are the same ones who assume gay coaches have ulterior motives.
By rowcoach | April 27, 2016Coaches across basketball-obsessed North Carolina could have an impact on the future of anti-LGBT law HB2. So far, men like Roy Williams, Mike Krzyzewski and Mark Gottfried have stayed silent.
By Anthony Nicodemo | April 13, 2016Jennifer Azzi is now the only publicly out LGBT head women's basketball coach in Division I.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 1, 2016After coming out publicly, Bryant Univ. men's basketball assistant coach Chris Burns found that the players were able to be more open with him because he was more open with them as an out gay man.
By Turner Street | April 1, 2016Coach Dawn Brown suspended two of her players for dating one another this season. Now she's been suspended permanently.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 28, 2016Baseball coach Sean McKinney is now working with Colorado Mesa Univ. and LGBT groups to make sure no gay or lesbian athlete ever has to hear homophobic language on campus again.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 24, 2016