Black male coaches: an intersectional analysis of their contributions to positive youth development
Mitchell Allen, Isaac Woods, Jarrett Murphy · 2026
Read Black male coaches: an intersectional analysis of their contributions to positive youth development by Mitchell Allen, Isaac Woods, Jarrett Murphy (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13334519.txt.
Description
Mitchell Allen, Isaac Woods, and Jarrett Murphy interviewed Black male sports coaches about their role in young people's lives in a 2026 qualitative study. Black male educators make up under 2 percent of US teachers, leaving many Black boys without such mentors in school.
Five coaches serving youth in different US regions gave semi-structured interviews, interpreted through intersectionality and PVEST, a framework formally called the Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory. Five themes emerged, covering coaches as community pillars, limitless commitment, relationship fundamentals, power dynamics, and struggles. The coaches acted as advocates, social fathers, and informal mental health supports, spotting distress and steadying boys through it. The authors argue such community roles deserve recognition in youth development and suicide prevention planning.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mitchell Allen, Isaac Woods, Jarrett Murphy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 74890 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |