The winning streak ended today ...
The winning streak of non-white head coaching hires at FBS (Division I-A) college football programs ended today at 2. Before Bobby Bowden officially retired from Florida State University today, head coaching positions opening up this year had been 2 for 2 in hiring non-white (in each case African American) head coaches. Western Kentucky hired Willie Taggart, while Memphis hired Larry Porter. Of course, the argument could be made that the streak is still intact, since technically Jimbo Fisher had already been selected when he was made coach-in-waiting behind Bowden awhile back.
The point here is that the early returns are favorable for perhaps seeing a long-overdue increase in opportunities for non-white head coaches in FBS college football. Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come this year and in the future. I will certainly be watching.
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