Knight Commission Releases Plan To Create Racial Equity For Black College Athletes
Statement from GSI CEO Ken Shropshire: "This broad effort focused on diversity, equity and inclusion at the college level is much-needed, and particularly heartening are the specific steps aimed toward improving the college sport landscape."
Tackling Racial Inequities in College Sports
Of all job openings for athletic directors at Division I institutions between 2010 and 2019, 77 percent were filled by a white administrator, 19 percent by a Black administrator and 2 percent by a Latino administrator, according to a report published last week by researchers at Arizona State University’s Global Sport Institute.
Why do Black college football coaches seldom get second chances?
There have been 54 non-interim Black head coaches ever in major-college football, otherwise known as the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), all since 1979. More than any other reason, this low number is why Black head coaches rarely get second chances – because there aren’t many who even got first chances.
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