October 6, 2006

Black Coaches' Group to Sue Over Disparity

By BRAD WOLVERTON

College athletics officials are interviewing increasing numbers of minority applicants for jobs as head football coaches, but white candidates are still landing most of the top positions, says a report released last month by the Black Coaches Association.

The association said it planned to start filing lawsuits against universities that did not include members of minority groups on their hiring committees or in their searches.

Floyd A. Keith, the association's executive

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