The Basketball Coach Who Won’t Hire Men

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🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Notre Dame basketball coach Muffet McGraw wasn’t planning on making a speech about feminism and gender equality. But at a press conference before the Final Four tournament, that’s just what she did, launching into a screed about the dearth of women in government, politics, corporate C-suites, and sports. “We don’t have enough female role models,” McGraw said. “Men run the world!” The viral moment was a lifetime in the making. Guest: Muffet McGraw, head coach of the Notre Dame women’s basketball team. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, what next, listener?
0:01.9	It's Mary here.
0:03.2	We're going to be rerunning an old episode from our archives today to give the what next
0:07.0	team a little time off.
0:09.2	And it's one of my favorites.
0:11.2	From back in June of 2019, when I interviewed the head coach of the Notre Dame Women's
0:15.2	Basketball team, her name is Muffet McGraw.
0:18.4	She is a legend in the sport.
0:20.7	And last week, coach McGraw announced that she would be retiring after spending 33 seasons
0:26.3	with the fighting Irish.
0:27.3	So please, take us through it.
0:28.7	Why are you retiring now?
0:31.2	Well, it's a retired during a global pandemic.
0:34.1	I thought it would be a great way to get on sports center.
0:35.9	Because there's not a whole lot going on.
0:39.5	McGraw decided to hand over the head coaching reins to NLIV, a former player and assistant
0:44.6	coach of hers.
0:45.9	And this year seemed like a good time.
0:47.4	Our program is in great shape right now looking ahead.
0:50.6	We've got a great recruiting class coming in.
0:52.9	We're preseason back in the top 25.
0:55.7	Everything is really looking good.
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