Quick Read By Martin A. Davis Jr. Correspondent
Corliss Fingers, director of strength and conditioning at Bethune-Cookman University, has been breaking barriers throughout her roughly 25-year career. âWhen I started,â she says, âI was on an island by myself.â
While there has been growth in the number of female strength coaches in collegiate athletics, progress has been slow. In 2012, some 14% of college strength coaches were women. In 2020, itâs still 14%. Between those years, the percentage was never higher than 15.
Why We Wrote This
As female strength coaches command more respect and â slowly â better positions, theyâre raising their voices on behalf of womenâs collegiate athletics, an important step on the path toward parity with menâs teams.