Former WNBA guard Edniesha Curry is the only female coach in Division I Men’s Basketball. When she was hired by the University of Maine men’s basketball team as an assistant coach last season, she became just the fourth woman to ever serve in that role and the first to do so since 2002. In this episode, Coach Curry shares her unique perspective on advancing inclusion throughout athletics, after participating in the America East Conference Spread Respect Forum, Oct. 20. She speaks about being a role model for women, how to address the challenges that student-athletes of color face at predominantly white institutions, what her experience playing and coaching overseas taught her about being a diversity and inclusion advocate and what needs to be done to create more opportunities for women to coach in the men’s game both in the NBA and at the college level.
