Since 2001, TASL has promoted women in coaching and sport leadership through a dynamic combination of action learning programs, internships, mentoring, conferences, and advocacy.

The Academy for Sport Leadership
PO Box 131226
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48113-1226
Phone: (734) 205-4022
E-mail: info@sportleadership.net

TASL is recognized by the IRS as a not-for-profit 501c(3) corporation.

In 1972, the year Title IX became law, approximately 90% of all women’s sports programs were headed by female coaches. Since then, interest in women’s athletics has exploded— with more girls and women participating in more sports than ever before. And yet today, just 42% of women’s sports teams are coached by women.*

The Academy for Sport Leadership is a Michigan-based nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing that trend by encouraging and training the next generation of professional female coaches. Through our Future Coaches Camp, Coach-Mentor Training Workshops, Athletic Administration Internships, Coaching Clinics, and Women’s Sport Summit, we inspire and educate young women—and prepare them for leadership positions in the world of women’s sports.

*Source: “Women in Intercollegiate Sport: A Longitudinal, National Study Twenty-Nine Year Update, 1977-2006,” by Linda Jean Carpenter, PhD, JD, and R. Vivian Acosta, PhD. A complete copy of the report is available at http://webpages.charter.net/womeninsport/.