Those numbers are in an 8 year long swoon that started in 1992. Overwhelmingly white, ADs are the people who are hiring young coaches as they move up in the ranks and even as they achieve the very highest ranks. I do not mean to imply for a second that I think white ADs are racist simply because they are white. There are some extraordinary white men and women ADs who are on the right side on this issue. However, we were all raised in a society in which many whites have consistently held some powerful stereotypical views of African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities.
Football is terrible.
I was blessed to be asked to co-author the autobiography of Eddie Robinson with him. Not only are Blacks not getting the jobs, but they also aren't even being interviewed. OK, so not many African-Americans play college baseball. But they do run track and field in large numbers. Blacks are virtually shut out of coaching positions in other sports.