Head coach Liz Mills is a phenomenal woman of firsts. She is the first woman to coach in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the first woman to lead a men’s national team at the FIBA continental championship, and the first woman to lead a men’s club team in Morocco.
Liz joins me to talk about her journey to becoming the first female head coach in the Basketball Africa league, as well as the journey to lead a men’s club in the Arab world. We also speak about the cultural norms present when it comes to a female head coach, the sexist remarks she has encountered, and how we can learn to deal with these. As well as the question of what needs to change when it comes to championing women in every area of basketball so that equal opportunities are presented to women. And we touch on the importance of networking for women in sports and how Liz and her twin Vic, started a global woman-in-coaching network and how you can be a part of it.