ABSTRACT

Intercollegiate sport in the US is known to be heteronormative, heterosexist, and often an unwelcoming space for LGBTQ individuals, including coaches. A decade ago, scholars documented the scarcity of LGBTQ family narratives in online coaching biographies on athletics Web sites. In the years following, a socio-cultural and legal shift occurred pertaining to LGBTQ rights and visibility in the US. This study extends and replicates Calhoun et al.’s research by examining family narratives of a sample of all NCAA Division-I head coaches of women’s teams (N = 3601). Data collected in 2018 as part of the annual Women in College Coaching Report Card™ illustrated despite socio-cultural changes, very few (n = 18, .05%) online biographies included a same-sex family narratives—all were women. Eleven of the 18 head coaches were interviewed, and Erving Goffman’s work was employed to theoretically ascertain why and how these women managed identities, stigma, enacted power, and performed character, namely courage. Implications and future research are offered.

摘要

众所周知，美国的校际运动是异性恋、异性恋，而且对于包括教练在内的 LGBTQ 个人来说，这通常是一个不受欢迎的空间。十年前，学者们在体育网站上的在线教练传记中记录了 LGBTQ 家庭叙述的稀缺性。在接下来的几年里，美国发生了与 LGBTQ 权利和知名度有关的社会文化和法律转变。本研究通过检查所有 NCAA Division-I 女队主教练样本的家庭叙述来扩展和复制 Calhoun 等人的研究（N = 3601）。2018 年收集的数据作为年度女性大学教练报告卡™的一部分尽管社会文化发生了变化，但很少有（n = 18，0.05%）在线传记包含同性家庭叙述——都是女性。18 位主教练中有 11 位接受了采访，欧文·戈夫曼的工作被用来从理论上确定这些女性为什么以及如何管理身份、耻辱、制定权力和表现性格，即勇气。提供了启示和未来的研究。