ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the interviews with the successful women coaches and focuses on why and how women choose a coaching career and the barriers and challenges they face within the profession. In the United Kingdom, Scotland's strong and effective female sport leadership is enacting several initiatives that may point the way forward. Japan's leadership is fighting an uphill battle again centuries of entrenched tradition, but remains positive and determined. In Germany, the position of sport as an integral feature of culture and society suggests, somewhat erroneously, that the country is a stronghold for women coaches. Kristiina Danskanen is the General Secretary of the Coaching Association of Finland. She develops coaching education and promotes coaching to the media and the public at large. Fiona Wernham is Sport Scotland's head of coaching and volunteering where she leads and influences staff, investment, UK relationships, and strategic direction in partnership with a range of national, regional, and local organizations.
