Article: Female coaches a minority in Minnesota girls' sports; Despite the inroads made by Title IX, the number of women coaching girls' sports has actually been falling.(SPORTS)

Barb Halbrehder was introduced early to organized sports, playing T-ball on a team coached by her father. She would frequently tuck her hair under her hat before going out to play, hoping nobody would take much notice she was a girl.

"I was your typical tomboy," said Halbrehder, the Tartan girls' hockey coach. "I knew from the time I was 10 that I wanted to teach physical education and be a coach. At 10, I didn't know if that was something I'd be able to do - whether society would afford me that opportunity."

Society did in Halbrehder's case - she also has coached girls' soccer at two schools. But her story is not a common one.

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