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Study: Value NCAA Earns From Black Athletes Exceeds the GNP of Russia

Study: Value NCAA Earns From Black Athletes Exceeds the GNP of RussiaSYRACUSE, N.Y.Arecent study by Dr. Boyce Watkins, assistant professor of finance and researcher at Syracuse University, calculates the financial value of the Black athlete to the NCAA to exceed a quarter of a trillion dollars over a 40-year period. This value is in 2004 […]

March 23, 2005

Sports

Tyrone Willingham to Lead University of Washington Football Program

Tyrone Willingham to Lead University of Washington Football Program SEATTLEFired three years into his five-year contract as the head football coach of Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish last month, Tyrone Willingham was named to lead the University of Washington’s football program less than a month later, marking his return to the PAC-10 conference. Willingham, who recently […]

December 29, 2004

Sports

Study: Few Minority Football Coaches Reflects Leadership

Study: Few Minority Football Coaches Reflects LeadershipORLANDO, Fla. The dearth of minorities who are college football head coaches reflects the lack of diversity among campus and conference leaders, a University of Central Florida study released in November concludes. UCF’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport found there were five Blacks and one Hispanic employed […]

December 15, 2004

Sports

Notre Dame Football Coach Tyrone Willingham Fired

Notre Dame Football Coach Tyrone Willingham FiredSOUTH BEND, Ind. Tyrone Willingham was fired Nov. 30 as coach at Notre Dame for failing to turn the nation’s most storied football program back into a national championship contender.He was fired three days after the Irish lost 41-10 to No. 1 Southern California — their third straight loss […]

December 15, 2004

Sports

Making the Grade?

Making the Grade?Black coaches issue report card on minority hiringBy Ronald RoachNearly two-thirds of 28 colleges got an A or B in the first Black Coaches Association “report card” that evaluated the process used to hire a new head football coach. The report looked at the schools in Divisions I-A and I-AA that had an […]

December 15, 2004

Sports

Iowa’s Black Athletes Lag Behind in Graduation Rates

Iowa’s Black Athletes Lag Behind in Graduation RatesDES MOINES, IowaBlack athletes at three of Iowa’s largest colleges graduated at rates far below the national average for Division I schools, The Des Moines Register reported. Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa reported that 33 percent of Black athletes at the schools graduated within […]

December 1, 2004

Students

A Pathway to the Presidency

A Pathway to  the PresidencyStudent affairs professionals are increasingly moving into the top job on college campuses By Kendra HamiltonIf you took a random sampling of student affairs professionals, they’d all agree: without the work they do with students, campus functions would simply grind to a halt. “Student affairs professionals spend 80 percent of their time […]

November 17, 2004

Sports

Some NCAA Schools Get High Marks From Black Coaches Group

Some NCAA Schools Get High Marks From Black Coaches GroupINDIANAPOLIS The Black Coaches Association (BCA) 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.Seventeen of 28 Division I-A and I-AA schools received either […]

November 3, 2004

Sports

Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Blacks in Coaching

Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Blacks in CoachingDuring the 2003 football season, African Americans were employed as head coaches at five of the 117 NCAA Division I-A colleges and universities. At the conclusion of the 2003 season, there were 13 head coaching vacancies at Division I-A football programs; one African American was hired. Today, five African […]

April 7, 2004

Students

Academics, Athletics and Life Skills

Academics, Athletics and Life SkillsAvid Black Issues’ readers know that in early April we honor outstanding students of color who have excelled both in the classroom and on the court, track or field with our annual Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards. The Arthur Ashe edition is a favorite of many scholar-athletes, parents, coaches and […]

April 7, 2004

Sports

University of Georgia Names New Athletic Director

University of Georgia Names New Athletic DirectorATHENS, Ga.The University of Georgia hired Damon Evans as its athletic director last month, the first Black person to hold that job in the Southeastern Conference. Evans, 34, will take the position of his mentor, Vince Dooley, who is being forced out of the athletic director job and will […]

January 14, 2004

Sports

Mississippi State Names First Black SEC Head Coach

Mississippi State Names First Black SEC Head CoachSTARKVILLE, Miss.For the first time in its 71-year history, the Southeastern Conference has an African American head football coach. Sylvester Croom, a veteran of 28 years coaching on the professional and collegiate levels, was named head football coach at Mississippi State University earlier this month.“We went after the […]

December 17, 2003