First Female Coach Essay

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Coyotes Hire First Female Coach

For the first time in NHL history, a female will serve as a full time coach.

Last month, the Arizona Coyotes hired Dawn Braid as a skating coach.

"It's something that I've wanted to see happen," she said in a statement released by the Coyotes. "The fact that they respect what I do enough to name me as a full-time coach, or to name me as the first female coach in the NHL, I take a ton of pride in that. I've worked very hard for this opportunity. It's been going on for years and I just look forward to going even further with it."

Braid is no stranger to the national level of hockey. Over the years, she has worked as a skating consultant with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, and Calgary Flames. She also worked part time with the Coyotes last season.

The NHL has noticed her impact on the league when it …show more content…

"Dawn always says, 'If you didn't train properly and do the certain things you need to do, you're not going to be strong enough to do the things I want you to do.'"

The hiring of Braid is only solidifying the impact women can have within men’s pro sports. Braid is not the first to receive this title of “full time coach.” There have been a handful of trail blazers. Unfortunately, this has only recently started a couple years ago.

Back in 2014, Becky Hammon, former WNBA player and Olympian, was the first to break into the men’s world. The San Antonio Spurs took a risk and hired Hammon as a full time assistant coach. This title made Hammon the first ever full time coach in the NBA. Not only that, but the first in men’s professional sports. Hammon did not breaking ground. In 2015, she was named the first female head coach for the Spurs during the NBA’s Summer League and ended up winning the title. She also became the first female to participate on the coaching staff during the 2016 All-Star

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