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Football programs continue to pitch shutout

By Pat Forde
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Adolph Rupp eventually saw the need for black basketball players. Bear Bryant saw the need for black football players. Two of the Southeastern Conference's last three basketball national championships have been won by black coaches. But the South's last stand against integration remains on the SEC football sidelines. With the hirings of Mike Price at Alabama and Rich Brooks at Kentucky this winter, the league now has had 337 head football coaches. Not one has been an African-American. Five le ...

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