No new black coaches in college football
Jet, Jan 26, 1998
Black prospective college football coaches have found the door to opportunity slammed in their faces once again.
Not one of the 12 head coaching jobs that became available since the 1997 season ended was filled by Blacks, which heightened concern about diversity.
Of the 36 coaches hired in NCAA Division I-A after the last two seasons, only one is Black, USA Today reported.
Currently the total number of Black head coaches in I-A dropped to six at the end of this season with the resignation of Temple's Ron Dickerson and the firing of Louisville's Ron Cooper. Those numbers equate to about 5 percent of 112 in college football, a sport in which more than 57 percent of the players are minorities.
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