James Franklin, Marcus Freeman are two of 16 Black coaches. One will be first to lead team to national title game
3 days, 11 hours ago

James Franklin, Marcus Freeman are two of 16 Black coaches. One will be first to lead team to national title game

LA Times  

James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame already have broken ground as the first Black head coaches to lead teams to the College Football Playoff. Franklin, who has been the Penn State coach for 11 seasons after three at Vanderbilt, compared the opportunity to the first Super Bowl featuring Black head coaches, Super Bowl XLI between Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts and Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears in 2007. Only eight of 68 head coaches are Black, with another three non-Black minorities: Big Ten Conference: Four of 18 head coaches are Black — Franklin, UCLA’s DeShaun Foster, Michigan’s Sherrone Moore and Maryland’s Mike Locksley. Atlantic Coast Conference: Three of 18 head coaches are Black — Freeman, Virginia’s Tony Elliott and Syracuse’s Fran Brown — and Miami’s Mario Cristobal is of Cuban descent.

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Black coaches have shot at college football title a generation after that milestone was hit in hoops
1 day, 16 hours ago

Black coaches have shot at college football title a generation after that milestone was hit in hoops

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In college basketball, the scene of an African American coach cutting down the nets on their way to a national title is not new, even if it is still a relative rarity. The winning coach of Thursday’s national semifinal in the Orange Bowl — either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman — will …

NFL’s accelerator program gives minority coaches optimism that new system works
7 months, 2 weeks ago

NFL’s accelerator program gives minority coaches optimism that new system works

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Getting lessons on how to manage a crisis and deal with the media will help Houston quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson and New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka when and if they interview for NFL head coaching jobs. “We had a 15-minute break in the sessions, and almost every coach pulled up their iPad, was checking OTAs …

Moore's hire at Michigan gives advocates hope that Black coaches at bluebloods can become the norm
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Moore's hire at Michigan gives advocates hope that Black coaches at bluebloods can become the norm

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Willingham, 70, said the topic of Black coaches’ previous lack of access …

Michigan promotes offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore to replace Jim Harbaugh as head coach
11 months, 1 week ago

Michigan promotes offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore to replace Jim Harbaugh as head coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan hired Sherrone Moore on Friday to replace coach Jim Harbaugh, giving the 37-year-old offensive coordinator an opportunity to lead college football’s winningest program and the current national champion. Michigan’s offensive line has been among the best in the country under Moore, …

NFL reaches ‘major milestone’ with record 9 minority head coaches in place for the 2024 season
11 months, 1 week ago

NFL reaches ‘major milestone’ with record 9 minority head coaches in place for the 2024 season

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The National Football League has urged teams for years to hire more minority head coaches. Four minority head coaches have been hired this year — Atlanta’s Raheem Morris, New England’s Jerod Mayo, Las Vegas’ Antonio Pierce and Carolina’s Dave Canales — bringing the number of coaches of color entering the 2024 season to nine, the most in …

NFL reaches 'major milestone' with record 9 minority head coaches in place for the 2024 season
11 months, 1 week ago

NFL reaches 'major milestone' with record 9 minority head coaches in place for the 2024 season

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Four minority head coaches have been hired this year, including Atlanta’s Raheem …

Deion Sanders’ impact at Colorado raises hopes that other Black coaches will get opportunities
1 year, 3 months ago

Deion Sanders’ impact at Colorado raises hopes that other Black coaches will get opportunities

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Floyd Keith has waited half a century for a Black coach with Deion Sanders’ swagger and success to shake up college football. The fanfare and hoopla surrounding the Colorado program since Sanders’ arrival has been well documented, but Keith, who for more than a decade was …

Black offensive coordinators remain rare even as major college football coaching staffs diversify
1 year, 4 months ago

Black offensive coordinators remain rare even as major college football coaching staffs diversify

Associated Press  

Oklahoma State’s Kasey Dunn has spent three decades as an assistant football coach, a career that spans nine schools, a couple of NFL teams, four positions and all three phases of the game. The small number of Black offensive coordinators has ties to the quarterback position: If you haven’t played quarterback or coached it, head coaches are less likely to …

Same ol’ same ol': No progress for Black head coaches in NFL
1 year, 10 months ago

Same ol’ same ol': No progress for Black head coaches in NFL

Associated Press  

After completing the latest round of coaching hires this week, the NFL won’t look much different on the sidelines in 2023. That led us to Jonathan.” Ryans became the third straight Black head coach hired by the Houston Texans, but there’s a big caveat to that seeming sign of progress. With Ryans, Bowles and longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin …

Black head coaches in FBS drop slightly heading into 2023
2 years ago

Black head coaches in FBS drop slightly heading into 2023

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Sanders, who left Jackson State for Colorado of the Pac-12 Conference, was one of just three Black head coaches hired by Football Bowl Subdivision schools in the recently completed cycle for the 2023-24 season. The Big Ten has the most diverse lineup among Power Five leagues …

Study: Percentage of Black college coaches remains low
2 years, 10 months ago

Study: Percentage of Black college coaches remains low

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! The lack of Black head coaches in college sports remains problematic, according to a diversity study for racial and gender hiring practices. “It is hard to see the results from the widely proclaimed attention we are supposedly placing on diversity, equity and inclusion within higher …

Op-Ed: The NFL fails on Black leadership. So do most institutions in America
2 years, 11 months ago

Op-Ed: The NFL fails on Black leadership. So do most institutions in America

LA Times  

Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin, center, who has not had a losing season in 15 seasons, is now the only Black head coach in the NFL. With the Houston Texans firing David Culley after just one season, the league is now down to a single Black head coach, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin. In fact more than half of those schools …

Few Black women coaches lead Power Five basketball programs
3 years, 9 months ago

Few Black women coaches lead Power Five basketball programs

Associated Press  

Dawn Staley and Joni Taylor embraced before and after the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship, savoring a historic moment in women’s basketball. It took 41 years for two Black women head coaches to meet in a tournament championship of a Power Five conference. In the last five years, there have been a total of 16 Black women head coaches at Power …

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