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Diversity Still a Problem in College Football

Despite a record number of minority head coaches at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level, college football continues to lag in the issue of diversity among coaches and administrators, according to a new study released by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida. The report examined the race and gender of college and university presidents, athletic directors and faculty athletics representatives for all of the 120 FBS institutions. There were a record-high 15 head coaches of color leading FBS teams at the start of the 2010 college football season.  Of the 120 FBS institutions, 92.5 percent of the presidents, 88.3 percent of the athletic directors, 94.4 percent of the faculty athletics reps, 87.5 percent of the head football coaches and 83.3 percent of the faculty are white, according to the report. Only 5.4 percent of the faculty members are African-American and 3.6 percent are Latino, while 7.6 percent are Asian and 41.8 percent are women. Click here to read more.
 
 



INSIGHT Into Diversity