Question about sports equality, what about equality for female coaches?

I was asking my fiancee (who is crazy about sports) if there were many female coaches in sports. He said there were plenty in the WNBA and I asked him"What about the other sports?"And to my consternation and annoyance I discovered that while men can coach both female and male teams, women can only coach female teams.What the heck is with that? I might be willing to understand football (since women dont play football) but what about the other sports?What's up with that?

A team's fan base is what drives policy decisions, on both, professional and college teams.If an NBA team owner felt that a winning female coach could successfully lead his franchise to a title, AND if the owner felt the fans who buy tickets and watch the teams on television would accept that coach, that owner would seriously consider it.But, if the owner did not have the confidence that fans would show up of a female coach's games, then there would be no way.It is a RARE owner who is willing to take that kind of risk. Back in the fifties, Branch Ricky took a MAJOR risk by hiring the first black player in professional, major league baseball. It took 100 years of professional baseball before this happened. Jackie Robinson proved Ricky's decision to be the right one. It's only in recent years that we've begun seeing black coaches in the NFL.I expect that in time, we WILL see a female coach on an NBA bench, and even a female manager in a baseball dugout. What we MAY see first is female coaches on college level teams. When THEY demonstrate the ability to lead a male dominated team, then the pros may recognize the potential.In San Jose, before the advent of the WNBA, we had a women's professional Basketball team that often outdrew some NBA games. It was the San Jose Lasers. This franchise had a HUGE fan base of women and girls, besides the men who bought tickets. The leage failed, because of lack of overall interest, but, you wouldn't be able to tell by seeing the attendance at Lasers games.Give it time. Keep voicing your opinion. But tickets and let the owners know. It'll happen.