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Information: 346-3475 or septexp@darkwing.uoregon.edu FIND THINGS IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS (BICYCLES, PETS, CARS, JOBS, ROOMMATES, APARTMENTS, CONCERT TICKETS, PLANE TICKETS, STUFF YOU LOST, TYPINC SERVICES, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES) Universities lack minority coaches ■ Minorities make up only 10.6 percent of the number of coaches at colleges around the country By Hank Hager Oregon Daily Emerald Nearly six weeks after Jody Runge’s resignation, the Universi ty has hired her replacement for the position of women’s basketball coach. Former Oregon star Bev Smith was one of the five official candidates interviewed for the job, and all were white. The University’s hiring process in this specific situation is a typi cal scenario at college athletic de partments across the nation. At the end of the 2000-01 inter collegiate football season, 29 head coaching positions became avail able. Only one of those positions was filled by a minority. Fitz Hill was the only African-American coach to be hired, and he now works for San Jose State Universi ty as its football coach. Entering the 2001-2002 academ ic school year, 10.6 percent of coaches at universities across the nation will be minorities, accord ing to statistics kept by the NCAA. At the University, softball coach Rick Gamez and men’s basketball coach Ernie Kent are the only non white coaches out of the 13 posi tions available. Dave Williford, assistant athletic director of media services at the University, said there is not a lack of minority coaches on campus. “Whether it be Mike Bellotti or Ernie Kent, I feel we’ve done very well on this,” he said. Williford said the Athletic De partment does not take into ac count the color of a coach’s skin when hiring, and he said that should never be an issue. “I think you hire the best coach possible,” he said. In the Pacmc-10 Conference, men’s basketball has the highest percentage of minority coaches. Kent is one of five minorities who fill half of the head coaching posi tions in the conference. No minori ties fill head coaching positions for women’s basketball in the Pac-10. Stanford coach Tyrone Willingham is the only minority coaching foot ball in the conference.Players are apparently paying attention to the Pac-lO’s situation, as well. Kellen Winslow Jr., son of Hall of Fame football player Kellen Winslow, announced on Feb. 15 he would attend the University of Miami in stead of the University of Washing ton, even though he had originally given an oral commitment to the Northwest school. His father asked him to consider another university because of Washington’s lack of minority coaches. University of Washington offi cials declined to comment on the younger Winslow’s decision. Although many say strides have been made to ensure a more di verse group of coaches, they add that more can be done. Floyd Keith, executive director of the Black Coaches Association, Head coaches at universities, 1999-2000 Men 7,580 total positions 810 minorities hold head coaching positions [10.7 percent] Women 7,918 total positions 839 minorities hold head coaching positions [10.5 percent] Source: NCAA, Divisions I, II, III said a lack of minority coaches at the nation’s universities needs to be addressed. “When you look at the percent age of participation, there is not a representative number of coach es,” he said. “The inequalities are there, and it is just a public aware ness of what they are.” He said it is important for athlet ic departments to hire coaches they like, but they need to review all possible applications for avail able positions.Schools also need to look at other factors when making hires for their head coaching posi tions, Keith said. “It also has to be something that is good business,” he said, adding that salary is usually an influenc ing factor when hiring. Keith added that coaching staffs are not the only areas where mi norities are underrepresented. “The numbers, when it comes to administration, are even worse than in the coaching ranks,” he said. The NCAA tracks 23 sports and the coaching backgrounds of the schools in Divisions I, II and III. For men’s teams, 7,580 positions are available, and 10.7 percent of the positions are filled by minority coaches. In women’s sports, mi norities make up an even smaller percentage. Although approximately 300 more jobs exist in the women’s field, the percentage of minority coaches falls to 10.5. Combined, 1,649 minorities fill the 15,498 available coaching positions. Over all, minorities hold only 10.6 per cent of the head coaching posi tions in NCAA-sanctioned sports. Richard Lapchick, director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society, said schools need to exhaust all possibilities when interviewing for their head coaching positions. “I think there are significant numbers out there, but how we go about looking for them is critical,” he said. Lapchick, who heads a biannual gender and racial report card, which grades each professional sport and the NCAA, said he is dis satisfied by the lack of minority coaches at universities across the nation. “I think the most disheartening thing is we have not come as far as we would have expected 20 years ago,” he said. stuff in the ODE Classifieds (Off The Mark, your daily horoscope and of course the crossword.)
