The women’s college game is the ideal pathway for future pro managers, but right now it’s too tempting to stay put
When Jill Ellis announced she was stepping down as U.S. women’s national team manager in July, she was asked if she would like to see a woman replace her.
“Of course,” she said. “I think there are a lot of qualified females.”
But of those qualified females Ellis mentioned, all but one coaches outside of NWSL, the league in which every national team player currently resides.
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There is currently just one full-time woman head coach in the nine-team NWSL, Laura Harvey of the Utah Royals.