'Race', Ethnicity and Racism in Sports Coaching

293 Pages·2021·3.239 MB·English

by  Steven Bradbury, Jim Lusted and Jacco van Sterkenburg

'Race', Ethnicity and Racism in Sports
Coaching
In recent years there has been a steady increase in the racial and ethnic
diversity of the playing workforce in many sports around the world. How-
ever, there has been a minimal throughput of racial and ethnic minorities
into coaching and leadership positions. This book brings together leading
researchers from around the world to examine key questions around ‘race’,
ethnicity and racism in sports coaching.
The book focuses specifically on the ways in which ‘race’, ethnicity and
racism operate, and how they are experienced and addressed (or not) within
the socio-cultural sphere of sports coaching. Theoretically informed and
empirically grounded, it examines macro- (societal), meso- (organisational),
and micro- (individual) level barriers to racial and ethnic diversity as well as
the positive action initiatives designed to help overcome them. Featuring
multi-disciplinary perspectives, the book is arranged into three thematic sec-
tions, addressing the central topics of representation and racialised barriers in
sports coaching; racialised identities, diversity and intersectionality in sports
coaching; and formalised racial equality interventions in sports coaching.
Including case studies from across North America, Europe and Aus-
tralasia, ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Racism in Sports Coaching is essential reading for
students, academics and practitioners with a critical interest in the sociology
of sport, sport coaching, sport management, sport development, and ‘race’
and ethnicity studies.
Steven Bradbury is Lecturer in Sport, Equality and Diversity at the School
of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK. His
research interests focus on ‘race’, ethnicity and racisms and the effectiveness
of measures designed to address racialised inequalities in the playing, coach-
ing and leadership tiers of amateur and professional football and other
sports. He has been actively involved with anti-racism campaigns in football
in the UK and Europe as a researcher and activist for over 25 years.
JimLustedisStudentExperienceManageratTheOpenUniversity,UKand
Associate Lecturer at University of Northampton, UK. He has been
researchinginequalities insport forover 15years, focusing ontheformation
and implementation of equality policies in recreational sport. He has held
several voluntary roles in sport including Chair of Kick It Out’s Grassroots
Guidance Group and is Vice-Chair of the Northamptonshire Football
Association’s Inclusion Advisory Group.
Jacco van Sterkenburg is Associate Professor at the Erasmus Research
Centre for Media Communication and Culture, Erasmus University Rotter-
dam, the Netherlands. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Mulier
Institute – Dutch Centre for Social Science Research in Sport, the Nether-
lands. His research focuses on discourses surrounding race/ethnicity and
whiteness in multi-ethnic society, with a particular focus on the case of
sports, sports media, and sport management and leadership.
Routledge Critical Perspectives on Equality and Social Justice in
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'Race', Ethnicity and Racism in
Sports Coaching
Edited by
Steven Bradbury, Jim Lusted and Jacco
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Contents
List of contributors x
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction xv
STEVENBRADBURY,JIMLUSTEDANDJACCOVANSTERKENBURG
PARTI
Representation and racialised barriers in sports coaching 1
1 The under-representation of racial minorities in coaching and
leadership positions in the United States 3
GEORGEB.CUNNINGHAM
2 ‘Fit for doing but not fit for organising’: Racisms, stereotypes
and networks in coaching in professional football in Europe 22
STEVENBRADBURY
3 Is there a glass ceiling or can racial and ethnic barriers be
overcome?: a study on leadership positions in professional
Belgian football among African coaches 43
CHRISHEIM,JORISCORTHOUTSANDJEROENSCHEERDER
4 Race, ethnicity, whiteness and mediated stereotypes in football
coaching: the Dutch context 59
JACCOVANSTERKENBURG
5 British Asian football coaches: exploring the barriers and
advocating action in English football 78
DANIELKILVINGTON
viii Contents
PARTII
Racialised identities, diversity and intersectionality in
sports coaching 95
6 Finding the ‘natural’: talent identification and racialisation in
sports coaching and selection practices in Australia 97
BRENTMCDONALDANDRAMÓNSPAAIJ
7 From freedom to oppression?: a Freirean perspective on
coaching and indigenous players’ journeys to the NRL and AFL 112
RICHARDLIGHTANDJOHNEVANS
8 Black women, intersectionality and sport coaching 128
ALEXANDRAJ.RANKIN-WRIGHTANDKEVINHYLTON
9 Beyond the Xs and Os: the representation of black college
coaches 143
JOYCEOLUSHOLA-OGUNRINDEANDAKILAHR.CARTER-FRANCIQUE
10 Transnational coaches: a critical exploration of intersections of
race/ethnicity and gender 160
ANNELIESKNOPPERSANDDONNADEHAAN
PARTIII
Formalised racial equality interventions in sports coaching 177
11 When the law won’t work: the US National Football League’s
extra-judicialapproachtoaddressingemploymentdiscrimination
in coaching 179
N.JEREMIDURU
12 The EFL voluntary code of recruitment: using reflexive
regulation to increase the racial diversity of professional football
coaching in England 196
SOPHIECOWELL
13 Game changer or empty promise?: the EFL mandatory code of
coach recruitment in men’s professional football youth
academies in England 211
DOMINICCONRICODEANDSTEVENBRADBURY
Contents ix
PARTIV
Conclusions 233
14 Priorities for researching ‘race’, ethnicity and racism in sports
coaching and recommendations for future practice 235
JIMLUSTED,STEVENBRADBURYANDJACCOVANSTERKENBURG
Index 254