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Adam Silver, the idea of a woman being hired as head coach in the NBA seems to be an inevitable step on a journey to a time when the gender of coaches is irrelevant. But for every Silver, there's someone like Mike Francesa, preaching that the day will never come.
Silver, though, is in a position to do something about the matter and, although his reign is in its infancy by David Stern standards, he intends to work to make the league's first woman head coach among his signature achievements.
Saying there "definitely will be" a woman coaching an NBA team, Silver told ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk that "I think it is on me to sort of insure that it happens sooner rather than later."
Silver, in an interview to promote the league and Leanin.org's new campaign to raise gender-equality awareness, also hopes to add female game officials as the league increases its roster of refs by 25 percent over the next three seasons. Lauren Holtkamp is the only woman officiating games, following in the footsteps of Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner.
Adam Silver, the idea of a woman being hired as head coach in the NBA seems to be an inevitable step on a journey to a time when the gender of coaches is irrelevant. But for every Silver, there's someone like Mike Francesa, preaching that the day will never come.
Silver, though, is in a position to do something about the matter and, although his reign is in its infancy by David Stern standards, he intends to work to make the league's first woman head coach among his signature achievements.
Saying there "definitely will be" a woman coaching an NBA team, Silver told ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk that "I think it is on me to sort of insure that it happens sooner rather than later."
Silver, in an interview to promote the league and Leanin.org's new campaign to raise gender-equality awareness, also hopes to add female game officials as the league increases its roster of refs by 25 percent over the next three seasons. Lauren Holtkamp is the only woman officiating games, following in the footsteps of Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner.
