The most influential coach you've never heard of
Full Time with Meg Linehan: A show about women's soccer
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4.8 • 756 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week on Full Time, hosts Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan sit down with Lisa Cole for a special feature interview.
Cole has had an eclectic journey to now being the head of player pathways at the USWNT, and a backroom staff member under Emma Hayes. Over the past 20 years, her journey has gone from the college game to the fall of the WPS, the creation of the NWSL, to Papua New Guinea and Fiji, as well as a recent influential spell at the Zambian football federation.
On the show, the trio also discuss the challenges women face as they try to become head coaches in the professional game. Why don't more pathways exist for female coaches? What has changed or not changed in the past 20 years? How can the industry change and start providing better opportunities?
While Cole may not be a household name, she remains one of the most respect names in the industry. She is someone revered by her peers, the most influential coach you've never heard of.
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Articles mentioned on the show:
Only two NWSL teams have a woman as head coach. Could expansion exacerbate the issue?
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HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan
GUEST: Lisa Cole
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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