Black offensive coordinators remain rare even as major college football coaching staffs diversify

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Published August 28, 2023 9:28 AM

By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer

The dearth of Black coaches leading major college football programs routinely draws scrutiny. This season 14 of 133 major college programs and seven of 69 Power Five conference teams will have Black head coaches. Just as notable is how drastically under-represented African-Americans are among offensive coordinators, the job mostly likely to lead to a head-coaching gig. Only seven Black coaches will be offensive coordinators at Power Five schools this season, and only nine across all of the top tier of Division I.

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