Gender Neutral: DI Men's Head Coaches Previously Coaching Female Hoopers
May 2nd, 2018 - 20:50
Is there any doubt Michael Porter Sr. received a whopping three-year, $1.125 million contract as assistant coach at Missouri more for delivering two sons who were regal recruits rather than value of his previous one season of experience as an NCAA Division I men's coaching aide for Washington? But perhaps Mizzou also factored in worth of Porter's previous collegiate coaching experience as an assistant for the Tigers' female program. Whatever the case, how many current DI head coaches have coaching women at collegiate or professional level on their resumes? New Maine mentor Richard Barron is on the following alphabetical list of active coaches, including four HBCU bench bosses, in this unique category:
| Active DI Mentor | School | Experience Coaching Women at Collegiate or Professional Level |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Barron | Maine | Compiled 232-228 record with Sewanee (Tenn.), Princeton and Maine in 17 seasons from 1996-97 through 2006-07 and 2011-12 through 2016-17. Assistant at Baylor and North Carolina State for four seasons from 2007-08 through 2010-11. |
| Juan Dixon | Coppin State | University of District of Columbia head coach in 2016-17. |
| Bob Hoffman | Mercer | Compiled 88-16 record at Southern Nazarene (Okla.) from 1987-88 through 1989-90. |
| George Ivory | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Jackson State assistant from 1987-88 through 1997-98. |
| Edward Joyner Jr. | Hampton | Johnson C. Smith assistant from 2002-03 through 2006-07. |
| Kevin Nickelberry | Howard University | Columbia Union (Md.) head coach from 1991-92 through 1993-94. |
| Fran O'Hanlon | Lafayette | Temple assistant in 1984-85. |
| Russ Pennell | Central Arkansas | Phoenix Mercury interim head coach in 2013 (9-4 record). |