A barrier will be broken for college football. Why did it take so long?

For Freeman, it’s a career-defining moment. When he was promoted at 35 to be Notre Dame’s head coach after the 2021 season, questions arose about whether he was ready for the job. He had been defensive coordinator in South Bend for just one year. When the Fighting Irish were stunned at home by Marshall in his second game at the helm, those concerns intensified.

Now, Freeman has his team on the cusp of the storied program’s first national title since 1988. His accomplishment, however, is happening during a challenging time for Black coaches in college football.

During the 2024 season, only 9 of the 70 Power Four programs had Black head coaches. That’s just 12.9 percent. If you look at all 134 FBS programs, that figure drops to 12.7 percent. During this year’s hiring cycle, 27 FBS programs had a head-coaching vacancy. Only three of those went to a Black coach.

The racial inequity is stark when you consider this fact: Black athletes make up 47 percent of the participants in the FBS, the highest level of college sports. Freeman’s run to the championship game is the latest reminder of how far behind college football is among American sports — including its NCAA peers — when it comes to racial diversity in leadership positions. This season, 25.9 percent of major-conference head coaches in Division I men’s college basketball are Black, more than double...

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A barrier will be broken for college football. Why does it matter?

The only ones who care about race are racists.

Just when you think we’re getting done with victim culture.

What barrier?

"...only 9 of the 70 Power Four programs had Black head coaches. That’s just 12.9 percent..."

Isn't this figure pretty much equal to the percentage of Americans who are black? Yet more proof that 'equality' and 'equal representation' is not the goal of these race baiting socialist assclowns. Shut the hell up and play the game, coach the game...may the best players and coaches win.