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The Black Coaches Association sent a list of black football coaches to Alabama on Monday that the group wants the university to consider for its vacant job. Floyd Keith, executive director of the BCA, told The Associated Press on Wednesday he had not heard back from Alabama.
Keith said he received replies from Miami, North Carolina State and Tulane - schools which fired their coach around the time Mike Shula was dismissed. Tulane fired Chris Scelfo on Tuesday, North Carolina State fired Chuck Amato last Sunday, and Miami fired Larry Coker last Friday. Shula was fired late Sunday night.
It is unclear whether Alabama has any minority candidates. None of the suspected candidates listed in published reports are black.
"The University of Alabama will hire the best coach it can find," the athletics department said in a statement Wednesday. "To do otherwise would be a great disservice to the student-athletes involved."
Alabama drew criticism from Rev. Jesse Jackson four years ago when it hired Shula over Sylvester Croom, who is black. Croom and Shula were both assistants with no head-coaching experience in 2003.
Crimson Tide Athletics Director Mal Moore said Monday he is seeking a "proven head coach." Only five of 119 coaches in Division I-A football are black.
"When Mal Moore uses the code word `a proven coach,' by definition, given the lack of opportunities in college football, it is going to exclude many highly-qualified individuals," said Ronald Jackson of Citizens for Better Schools in Birmingham. "He might as well have hung a sign that reads `Blacks need not apply.'"
Jackson, a 1972 graduate of Alabama, said if white assistants such as Mike DuBose and Shula can be hired by the Crimson Tide, so too can black assistants.
Keith said earlier this week he was disappointed when Croom was not hired in 2003, but had no issue with Alabama about that decision. Keith wants a clearer process across the country.
"The problem boils down to four factors," he said. "One is knowledge of capable candidates. It's also accountability, how the search process is done on the respective campuses, and political and financial influences."
The NFL subjects teams to fines if they fail to interview minorities during searches. Since the Rooney Rule was adopted in 2002, the number of black head coaches has increased from two to seven.
Two civil rights attorneys, including one who played a role in the Rooney Rule's adoption, have urged the NCAA to mandate interviews of minority candidates in football.
"Institutions of higher education now have and should retain autonomy in their hiring practices for all employment positions," NCAA President Myles Brand said in a letter to the attorneys, according to USA Today.
The black head coaches in Division I-A are Kansas State's Ron Prince, UCLA's Karl Dorrell, Buffalo's Turner Gill, Washington's Tyrone Willingham and Mississippi State's Croom.
If Alabama chooses to participate, its coaching search will be evaluated by the BCA. The BCA grades each school on five categories: number of direct telephone conversations with Keith; minorities on the search committee; on-campus interviews for minorities; duration of the search and hiring process; and documented affirmative action policies for each university.
SEC schools have received mixed grades since the report cards began in 2003-04. Mississippi State received an A, Mississippi scored a B, LSU and Florida got D's, and South Carolina received an F.
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Thursday, November 30, 2006JON SOLOMON News staff writer
The Black Coaches Association sent a list of black football coaches to Alabama on Monday that the group wants the university to consider for its vacant job. Floyd Keith, executive director of the BCA, told The Associated Press on Wednesday he had not heard back from Alabama.
Keith said he received replies from Miami, North Carolina State and Tulane - schools which fired their coach around the time Mike Shula was dismissed. Tulane fired Chris Scelfo on Tuesday, North Carolina State fired Chuck Amato last Sunday, and Miami fired Larry Coker last Friday. Shula was fired late Sunday night.
It is unclear whether Alabama has any minority candidates. None of the suspected candidates listed in published reports are black.
"The University of Alabama will hire the best coach it can find," the athletics department said in a statement Wednesday. "To do otherwise would be a great disservice to the student-athletes involved."
Alabama drew criticism from Rev. Jesse Jackson four years ago when it hired Shula over Sylvester Croom, who is black. Croom and Shula were both assistants with no head-coaching experience in 2003.
Crimson Tide Athletics Director Mal Moore said Monday he is seeking a "proven head coach." Only five of 119 coaches in Division I-A football are black.
"When Mal Moore uses the code word `a proven coach,' by definition, given the lack of opportunities in college football, it is going to exclude many highly-qualified individuals," said Ronald Jackson of Citizens for Better Schools in Birmingham. "He might as well have hung a sign that reads `Blacks need not apply.'"
Jackson, a 1972 graduate of Alabama, said if white assistants such as Mike DuBose and Shula can be hired by the Crimson Tide, so too can black assistants.
Keith said earlier this week he was disappointed when Croom was not hired in 2003, but had no issue with Alabama about that decision. Keith wants a clearer process across the country.
"The problem boils down to four factors," he said. "One is knowledge of capable candidates. It's also accountability, how the search process is done on the respective campuses, and political and financial influences."
The NFL subjects teams to fines if they fail to interview minorities during searches. Since the Rooney Rule was adopted in 2002, the number of black head coaches has increased from two to seven.
Two civil rights attorneys, including one who played a role in the Rooney Rule's adoption, have urged the NCAA to mandate interviews of minority candidates in football.
"Institutions of higher education now have and should retain autonomy in their hiring practices for all employment positions," NCAA President Myles Brand said in a letter to the attorneys, according to USA Today.
The black head coaches in Division I-A are Kansas State's Ron Prince, UCLA's Karl Dorrell, Buffalo's Turner Gill, Washington's Tyrone Willingham and Mississippi State's Croom.
If Alabama chooses to participate, its coaching search will be evaluated by the BCA. The BCA grades each school on five categories: number of direct telephone conversations with Keith; minorities on the search committee; on-campus interviews for minorities; duration of the search and hiring process; and documented affirmative action policies for each university.
SEC schools have received mixed grades since the report cards began in 2003-04. Mississippi State received an A, Mississippi scored a B, LSU and Florida got D's, and South Carolina received an F.
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