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Qualified HBCU coaches need to be given a shot in FBS

By Donald Hunt
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

When you think about the number of black head coaches at FBS colleges around the country, it's really terrible. With the resignation of Mississippi State head coach Sylvester Croom, this leaves Turner Gill (Buffalo), Kevin Sumlin (Houston) and Randy Shannon (Miami) as the only African-Americans coaching major college football. The only thing worse than this situation is the lack of opportunities for black college coaches to move up the ladder to the FBS level. It's rare that an HBCU coach re ...

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