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per the Houston Chronicle:
According to TIDES' 2015-2016 report, nearly 90 percent of FBS university presidents (115 of 128) and faculty athletics representatives were white.
"That power aspect of it is a huge dynamic that has to be discussed," former college coach Ty Willingham said.
Willingham vaulted to prominence for being the only black coach to lead three big-time programs: Stanford, Notre Dame and Washington. He explained the discomfort administrations have in making a black coach the face of their universities. He described such a hire as turning authority over from whites to blacks.
"I don't think there is any doubt about that," he said. "Football programs have become, and most universities say this, one of the places that people gain a lot of their knowledge about the university. And with that presentation comes a certain amount of power."
On the topic of why black coaches do not get more opportunities, Willingham said: "We should not ask that question of those who are in the pool, but of those who are doing the hiring. The participants don't control the thought process on the other side of the table."
Collective responses from administrators formed a paradoxical perspective on the consistently low percentages of black hires: while they all agreed it is an issue, all but one said it was not a problem at any institution where he or she had ever worked, none offered sound reasons that suggest minorities are less qualified and none came up with credible explanations for why the problem persists. (Several coaches, athletic directors and administrators declined to comment for this story.)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/spo...hp?t=a239a3a534438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium
Go Gophers!!
According to TIDES' 2015-2016 report, nearly 90 percent of FBS university presidents (115 of 128) and faculty athletics representatives were white.
"That power aspect of it is a huge dynamic that has to be discussed," former college coach Ty Willingham said.
Willingham vaulted to prominence for being the only black coach to lead three big-time programs: Stanford, Notre Dame and Washington. He explained the discomfort administrations have in making a black coach the face of their universities. He described such a hire as turning authority over from whites to blacks.
"I don't think there is any doubt about that," he said. "Football programs have become, and most universities say this, one of the places that people gain a lot of their knowledge about the university. And with that presentation comes a certain amount of power."
On the topic of why black coaches do not get more opportunities, Willingham said: "We should not ask that question of those who are in the pool, but of those who are doing the hiring. The participants don't control the thought process on the other side of the table."
Collective responses from administrators formed a paradoxical perspective on the consistently low percentages of black hires: while they all agreed it is an issue, all but one said it was not a problem at any institution where he or she had ever worked, none offered sound reasons that suggest minorities are less qualified and none came up with credible explanations for why the problem persists. (Several coaches, athletic directors and administrators declined to comment for this story.)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/spo...hp?t=a239a3a534438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium
Go Gophers!!
