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Monday, January 14, 2008

A Small, Good Thing How many 23-yo, female high school band and vocal directors also coach the boy's basketball team at their school? At least one.

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Hardly earth-shattering, but a nice Monday-morning curiousity, I hope. More about her is available here, including the information that, "At P-C, Brock is both the vocal and instrumental music director for students from fourth through 12th grades, in addition to being yearbook advisor, junior class sponsor and head boys' basketball coach." I visit school like this--the writer notes that with 41 total students, it's "one of the smaller 1-A schools in the state"--pretty often, and can attest to the multitasking required of the coaches. Some drive the bus to away games, too.

It is weird to me that this is news. The school down the road has female coaches for Junior/Senior boys volleyball and basketball, and junior boys soccer, at least. The junior girls volleyball has a male coach. No one thinks twice about it. And it seems to be the same at most schools in the province -- when you go to tournaments and such, the coaches are about 50/50 male/female, regardless of what sport/age level you are watching.

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