INDIANAPOLIS -- Minorities are getting more interviews but are still not getting enough jobs in college football, according to the Black Coaches and Administrators.
The study released Wednesday by the group said almost a third of the candidates interviewed last year were minorities, but only four were hired among the 31 openings in the NCAA's two levels of Division I football.
The recent firings of Ty Willingham at Washington and Ron Prince at Kansas State -- both effective at the end of the season -- left the Bowl Subdivision, the NCAA's top division, with only four blacks, one Latino and one Pacific Islander as head coaches.
"In the world of college football, the facts and statistics reflect an unmistakable bias and a systemic problem that has yet to be fixed. My deep concern is, why are the college football hiring practices out of synch?" said BCA executive director Floyd Keith, who did not have an answer to that question.
"The message in this report is the process is being followed, but the poor hiring results continue," he said.
Among the 31 schools in the FBS and Championship Subdivision, formerly I-A and I-AA, that hired head coaches in the past year, 16 received overall grades of A, which is up from 11 that received the highest grade in the 2007 report, 12 in 2006 and just four in 2005.
On the other hand, three schools -- Mississippi, West Virginia and Dayton -- received grades of F. That, too, was an improvement from the 10 that had failing grades in the last report. ....MORE
I'm sorry, but this pisses me the hell off. 4 out of 31? What's that? Don't worry, I've done the math. It's 12.9%. About .5% higher than the percentage of black Americans in this country, ....and the "BCA" still isn't happy. Go figure. You can't please the damn NAALCP either. How many SWAC colleges have white head coaches? How many white running backs do we have? How about white receivers? I hope about 70% are white. ....but I'm pretty sure that isn't the damn case.
As for Ole Miss, we didn't interview any black candidates? Hey, MORONS, we didn't interview ANY coaches. Coach Nutt called and we offered. No white coaches were interviewed either, dipshits.
Damn I hate this PC bullshit.
