Sarina Wiegman is in a unique position at the Women’s World Cup, where she’s the only female head coach still in contention for the title.
Yet the disparity in the coaching ranks has also been laid bare.
It is also worth noting that female coaches have more than held their own at the top of the women’s game. The last two World Cups were won by teams coached by Jill Ellis, who led the Americans to back-to-back victories in 2015 and ’19. She won back-to-back European titles with Netherlands and England in 2017 and 2022. Now she’s closing in on a second successive World Cup final.“We always say about inspiring the next generation and to go on and play football and getting as many young girls involved as possible,” she said. “To know that they can be a coach as well and see Sarina on the biggest stage is incredible.
If England wins this tournament, she will become the first England coach to lift multiple major trophies. France turned to two-time Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Herve Renard to take over the national team just four months ahead of the World Cup. He had just produced one of the biggest upsets in men’s World Cup history by leading Saudi Arabia to a win over eventual champion Argentina.Randy Waldrum, who was head coach of the Nigeria team which England edged on penalties in the round of 16, said Wiegman was “doing a fantastic job.
“We need more women coaching. We have the same issue in the U.S. There’s been a larger push in our women’s national team to have more female coaches,” he said. “But every other level, there’s a lot of male coaches coaching. Certainly we need a bigger investment in women and women coaching.”FIFA has recognized the need to develop the pathway for women in coaching.
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