“The Women’s Coaching Alliance turns today's female athletes into tomorrow's leaders through coaching youth sports. But did you know mentors are at the center of this work? Mentors are the confidence builders, helping young women connect coaching experience to leadership skills ….and to future opportunities in sports and beyond.”
Pam Baker
Women's Coaching Alliance CEO
WCA’s experience in growing a female-based organization around sports has been crucial in helping us appeal to female audiences and grow a successful softball program. We highly recommend any youth sports organization looking to build a highly reputable and successful program to pursue a partnership with WCA. Overall, there was noticeably more player participation and retention on the WCA-coached teams in comparison to the non-WCA teams, and the family engagement with the WCA-coached teams was also stronger.
Courtney Behn & Jayden Mendoza
Academy Softball Partnership & Program Staff, Giants Community Fund
"Sexism has been gravity for women's sports, holding us back. We still have so much work to do. It'll take people - all of us - saying, hey, we're going to defy gravity, so let's do it."
Tara VanDerveer
Former Head Coach, Stanford University Women's Basketball, WCA Champion
"Getting more women involved in coaching sports will help women develop the leadership skills and confidence to be strong and impactful leaders in our organizations, institutions, businesses, and communities. Seeing more women in coaching roles will help everyone recognize, respect and value women as leaders in all areas of our society."
Tara VanDerveer
Former Head Coach, Stanford University Women's Basketball, WCA Champion
"Coaching serves as a springboard into leadership roles outside of sports, helping girls develop communication skills & build confidence."
Patti Phillips
CEO, Women Leaders in Sports
“So glad this program exists! Keep up the good work - looking forward to our girls learning more from some other women who play” “Amazing supportive teaching community- love that it is women focused coaching and positive!”
Giants Community Fund
Softball Parents Summer 2024
“The WCA is an amazing organization that helps young, inspired coaches develop a wide range of skills. They provide a solid foundation for their coaches, so our athletes receive a positive and satisfying experience. We are a proud partner with the WCA and always look forward to working with them .”
Kevin Gresh
Burlingame Parks & Rec Coordinator
"There is almost no person in a young person's life besides your parents, who plays such an important role in shaping the character of young people than coaches. Developing a pipeline of women who are coaches, who connect with kids, build skills, build teamwork, I mean, that's what you need to be successful in life, and there is no more important mission."
Brady Stewart
CEO, Bay FC
"Getting leadership skill sets at a young age, learning early on and keeping that with you as you're testing and learning makes you a resilient, successful coach in the long term. So the work being done by the Women's Coaching Alliance is a big piece of the solution."
Jess Smith
President, WNBA Golden State Valkyries
"That's what coaching is. You'll figure out the x's and o's but what do players feel every day when they walk in the gym. Coaching is about values - knowing your values. And for me it's teaching the players to have empathy and compassion for each other, that grows the bond to have a successful season. And it's the exact same stuff - whether you're coaching at the professional, grade school or high school level."
Steve Kerr
Head Coach, Golden State Warriors
"You cannot be what you cannot see. Having women be coaches and having young athletes see these women as role models and exemplars of what could be, what can be, ultimately will be."
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Lisa Borders
Former President of the WNBA
"Women need to coach girls flag football. We need to build up the whole ecosystem of women coaching."
Steve Young
Former Champion NFL Quarterback
"That's what inspired me and connected me with this mission. It starts with good leaders. I wish when I was younger that I had these female role models to follow. Someone who brought me hope through my journey, someone to look up to, someone who would be proud of what I did. I feel blessed and happy to be where I am but I wonder how the journey would have been having a role model who I could identify with."
Diana Flores
Flag Football World Champion
"A lot of times women feel like you have to take a hundred classes in something. Like you've got to have all these degrees, all this background but sometimes you've just got to jump in the pool and swim. I think it's really important that we as women have confidence in other women that they're going to do a great job. We have to encourage and develop pipelines so women can get the opportunity and get the experience and get the confidence."
Tara VanDerveer
Former Head Coach, Stanford University Women's Basketball, WCA Champion
"Sports has the power to shape and change lives in a positive way and there is nothing more important than creating a future in sports that brings in all voices. We all get better when there are diverse perspectives, and we embrace those perspectives. The work the Women’s Coaching Alliance is doing is critical for creating this space for athletes and coaches. Women deserve all the same opportunities as any other gender and a world with more female role models is a better one."
Roger Goodell
Commissioner of the National Football League