Female Coach rare sight for boy's high school team

In Ulen, Minnesota a high school coach is challenging gender stereotypes. There are heads that are turning as Ulen-Hitterdal Spartans boys basketball team takes the court. There heads are turning because Coach Kelly Anderson is the boys head coach. Kelly Anderson has always love to play basketball and she's always wanted to coach. She used to be the assistant coach before she was the head coach. Anderson played basketball in high school and community college at Fergus Falls. At the college they won a national championship in 2001.
Her presence on the court causes a little confusion at games. The referees usually say 'where's your head coach?' Anderson says. " I get a lot of strange looks. People think i'm the statistician or the cheerleading coach, or the manager. She doesn't correct them. She let's them figure it out on there own. Her players gets a few questions from opposing players about what it is like to play for a female coach. Her player said that it is not a big deal. And that she made him a better player.
An analysis of 2008 data by the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport found out that 63 women coach boys' sports team in Minnesota. That's 2 percent of the 2,865 boys' teams. The majority of those women coached boys' swimming and/or tennis. Nicole Lavoi, Associate Director of Tucker Center says many reasons women don't coach. Lavoi says gender bias is one barrie.