Two Kinesiology alumnae and former Gopher athletes have unusual jobs–they are women coaching women.

Natalie Darwitz (B.S. Sport Studies, 2004), pictured at left, and Kelly Roysland (B.S. Sport Studies, 2005), pictured center, are coaching women’s teams at St. Paul’s  Hamline University and Macalester College. Darwitz is in her first year as women’s hockey coach at Hamline, and Roysland has been coaching women’s basketball at Macalester for two years. They are featured in a recent edition of MinnPost. Nicole LaVoi, Ph.D., lecturer and associate director of the Tucker Center in the School of Kinesiology, pictured at right, was also quoted in the article on reasons for the low numbers of women coaches in sports. Read the full story here.