DeWayne Walker is expected to be named the new head coach of the New Mexico State football program on Tuesday, becoming the seventh Black head coach at the major NCAA level.

Walker spent three seasons as the defensive coordinator for the UCLA Bruins and was a candidate for the head coach vacancy last season in Westwood before the Bruins decided to go with Rick Neuheisel.

Walker joins the likes of Ron English (Eastern Michigan), Mike Haywood (Miami of Ohio) and Mike Locksley (New Mexico) of Black coaches that have been hired this offseason.

Having Black coaches is one thing, but outside of Randy Shannon at Miami, the schools that are hiring these guys aren’t known for their college football programs.

Until a major college football powerhouse such as a Ohio State or a USC hires a Black coach, the same guys that are getting hired now will be getting fired three years later and won’t get the second opportunities like their white counterparts.

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