March 9, 2007

U.S. House Panel Questions Myles Brand and Others About Minority Hiring in College Sports

By SARA LIPKA

Two African-American coaches met in this year's Super Bowl — something that is unlikely to happen anytime soon in a college-football championship game. Some members of Congress are asking why.

Last week a subcommittee of the House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing to discuss the absence of minority coaches in big-time college sports.

Just six of the 119 head coaches in Division I-A football programs are African-American, a fact that

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