[NU Sports] Here comes the "Black Coach" issue again

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

Pro minority football players make a bucket of money and probably don't feel the need to go through  the minors so to speak to get a head coaching job. Minton, as an example, didn't want to go through that drill and now makes a good living down in Atlanta without the hassle of recruiting, putting up with jerk alumni, etc.
What percentage of assistant coaches in the NFL are minorities?

John DeGroat 
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From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3686028
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> If you take the 12% number for the black population in the US, there should
> be 14 Div I Black Coaches - there are now 4.
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> With the current change expected in the White House, will this become an
> issue? Will it be used to distract everyone from the state of the economy
> that is voting with their feet over proposed corporate and capital gains tax
> increases? Does it matter?
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> I have to agree with those who question why Black coaches can't seem to
> crack the top job, but I also know that coaches serve at the whims of the
> alumni - the guys who provide the money to pay the coaches. I personally
> think Jerry Brown has the intellect and ability to be the head guy
> somewhere, but I don't think the fire in the belly is there right now since
> he's a big part of NU behind the scenes.
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> Another big problem is that the top Black players went to the NFL and made
> what some might consider obscene salaries - they don't need the day to day
> hassle of coaching a college team altho I could make the case that they need
> to give something back.
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> We saw what one Black coach did at Grambling - Williams went there from the
> NFL and kept the program alive. More NFL guys need to think about doing
> that.
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> I think the solution is what RW saw at NU - schools have to raise the
> salaries of the assistants, especially at the lower levels. Coaches need to
> be able to make enough money to make that offer from the local business to
> move into industrial sales unattractive. I once had a former N**** D*** star
> RB sell me radio network services for RKO. He was an outstanding sales rep,
> but probably could also have become an assistant or even head guy somewhere,
> but he could make more money selling the network, and he didn't have to
> travel as much.
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> Maybe the solution is for the lower levels to go after some of the NFL grads
> - lots more potential jobs are out there in Div III and Div II. The coaches
> can learn the craft of recruiting, and game management, and learn how to do
> it. 
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> If that happens, we'll be worrying about the percentage being higher than
> the population, not lower.
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> Go Cats
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> rsl
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