White men run college sports. The recent dismissals of Washington’s Ty Willingham and Kansas State’s Ron Prince leave the number of Black NCAA football coaches at a 15-year low, a report shows. Of 119 schools, Black head coaches represent just four, according to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. “While the percentages are slightly better, the general picture is still one of White men running college sport,” says Richard Lapchick, co-author of the study. “Overall, the numbers simply do not reflect the diversity of our student-athletes. Moreover, they do not reflect the diversity of our nation where we have elected an African-American as president for the first time.”

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