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Negotiating the coaching landscape: Experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom

Rankin-Wright, A.J.; Hylton, K.; Norman, L.

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Authors

A.J. Rankin-Wright

K. Hylton

L. Norman



Abstract

The current article provides a critical examination of the racialised and gendered processes that reinforce disparities in sport coaching by exploring the experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom. The findings are based on in-depth qualitative interviews with coaches from two national governing bodies of sport. Using a Critical Race Theory approach and Black feminist lens, the coaches’ narratives illuminate the complex, multifaceted and dynamic ways in which ‘race’, ethnicity and gender are experienced and negotiated by sport coaches. The coaches’ reflections are discussed under three themes: negotiating identities; privilege and blind spots; and systemic discrimination. The narratives from the coaches’ experiences emphasise the need for key stakeholders in sport to recognise the intersectional, structural and relational experiences that facilitate, as well as constrain, the progression of Black coaches in order to challenge racialised and gendered inequalities.

Citation

Rankin-Wright, A., Hylton, K., & Norman, L. (2019). Negotiating the coaching landscape: Experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 54(5), 603-621. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690217724879

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 14, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 29, 2017
Publication Date Aug 1, 2019
Deposit Date Aug 24, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Print ISSN 1012-6902
Electronic ISSN 1461-7218
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 54
Issue 5
Pages 603-621
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690217724879
Related Public URLs http://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/3920/

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Rankin-Wright, A.J., Hylton, K. & Norman, L. (2019). Negotiating the coaching landscape: Experiences of Black men and women coaches in the United Kingdom. International Review for the Sociology of Sport 54(5): 603-621. Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.




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