Does Gender Matter? Examining the Impact of Coach Gender on Team Success: Evidence from the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament

We examine the impact of coach gender on the probability that NCAA Division I women’s basketball teams advance to the end-of-year NCAA tournament. Results of our full sample analysis show that coach gender has no significant impact on the likelihood of advancing, providing no evidence for ability as...

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Published in:Eastern economic journal 2024-04, Vol.50 (2), p.135-153
Main Authors: Beaudin, Laura, Berdiev, Aziz N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coaches & managers
College basketball
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
Economics
Economics and Finance
Gender
Impact analysis
Original Article
Success
Tournaments & championships
Womens sports
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Summary:We examine the impact of coach gender on the probability that NCAA Division I women’s basketball teams advance to the end-of-year NCAA tournament. Results of our full sample analysis show that coach gender has no significant impact on the likelihood of advancing, providing no evidence for ability as a potential explanation for the decline in women coaches. In the subsample analysis, while we find that men coaches have higher predicted probabilities of tournament appearances in non-Power Five conferences, women coaches are more successful in the elite Power Five conferences, where they have been losing the most ground in coaching positions.
ISSN:0094-5056
1939-4632
DOI:10.1057/s41302-024-00265-6