High Marks for NFL in Minority Hiring
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The NFL's gain is college football's loss and further evidence that the two are going in different directions on minority hiring.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA says the number of black coaches in football and men's basketball increased by about 76 percent over the past decade.
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NCAA Division I universities fared better this year in considering minority football coaching candidates, the Black Coaches Association said Thursday.
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The Patriots [stats, news] steamroller has yet to meet an obstacle it can&#39;t obliterate. Job-hunting coordinators. (Allegedly) vengeful running backs.
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Patience is less a virtue in the NFL than a vice. Thirteen coaches have been with their teams for two seasons or less. Check most rosters, and the same ratio applies to the players.
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For a team with few detectable flaws, the Patriotsâ run defense, ranked 10th in the league, has occasionally been suspect, populated by an over-30 set of linebackers.
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The NFL coaches whose job security is under the most intense scrutiny these days are the Cleveland Browns' Butch Davis and the New Orleans Saints' Jim Haslett.
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Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, who have broken the NFL mold by being the first minority head coaches in the Super Bowl, have a lot in common.
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The low number of minorities coaching in college football reflects a lack of diversity among college and conference leaders, according to a University of Central Florida study.
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Paula Sullivan wasn't looking to make school history. When the Stonehill College athletic director and the rest of the search committee went looking for a head football coach in January, one applicant who stood out was Robert Talley. It was his r&#xE9;sum&#xE9; that earned him the job. The fact that he was the first African-American hired for the ...
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The first Super Bowl matchup of teams led by black coaches is the culmination of a four-year push by people to open doors to minority coaches that had been closed for most of the NFL's history.
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There are reconstruction projects everywhere in the NFL, with the New York Giants and New York Jets a combined 8-1 and the Atlanta Falcons on top of the NFC South.
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The Black Coaches Association still wants more minority hires in college football. But the group's new report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.
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The low number of minorities coaching in college football reflects a lack of diversity among college and conference leaders, according to a University of Central Florida study released Wednesday.
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The No. 1 pick in the NFL was given the starting job Monday after coach Tom Coughlin benched two-time MVP Kurt Warner following losses in three of the last four games.
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Long before word recently broke that white referees in the National Basketball Association were calling fouls at a higher rate on black athletes than on white athletes, and long before studies found racial disparities in how black and white applicants get called for job interviews, researchers no...
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The NFL has trimmed a long list of  candidates to succeed Paul Tagliabue as its commissioner to  five men, the league announced on Sunday.