coaches

Anthony Nicodemo reflects on the fear of the unknown that kept him in the closet and finding letters of support from perfect strangers

Thibodeau was the WAC coach of the year six times

The defending national champion talks about what it is to be a champion, and the personal attacks on her star player, Brittney Griner

Rene Portland, the Penn State women’s basketball coach, turned in her letter of resignation yesterday evening. Advocates for social justice in sport and women’s basketball fans everywhere are celebrating.

Akil Patterson is an active member of ECA Equality Coaching Alliance, a relatively new organization that aims to bring together LGBT coaches, has already attracted 103 members according to the group's founder, Roger Brigham. The membership in the organization is about 40% male – 60% female and includes transgender coaches. The coaches range from high […]

Pia Sundhage managed the USWNT from 2007 to 2012.

With the NCAA women's Final Four underway, ESPN has produced an exhaustive story that looks at the dwindling number of women coaching women's college teams.

The Nebraska coach said elected officials supporting protections for gay people will face the wrath of God.

We got this in today from Roger Brigham, a high school wrestling coach, Gay Games advocate and longtime sportswriter. We couldn’t think of a more perfect person to launch the project advocating equality for gay coaches, and he’s joined by many of our favorite people: Lou Tharp, Mari Burningham, Helen Carroll, Pat Griffin, Dan Woog […]

Since Jim Harbaugh didn’t clarify what he said when accused of yelling “faggot” during a game two weeks ago, and since the Stanford athletic department would not return my phone calls or emails, I wanted a professional opinion on what the coach uttered. I contacted lipreading translator Consuelo Gonzalez for his professional opinion, and here’s […]