Racial and Gender Diversity in College Sports Is 'Worst' in Many Years, Report Says

Chronicle of Higher Education
February 19, 2009

White people still dominate key leadership positions in college athletics, and opportunities for coaches of color in sports other than basketball remain poor, according to a new report on race and gender in college sports.
Even in the NCAA’s Division I men’s basketball, the percentage of head-coach positions held by African-Americans has dropped. In 2008, 23 percent of head coaches were African-American, the report says, down two percentage points from the all-time high of 25 percent, in 2006.
“The 2008 Racial and Gender Report Card: College Sport,” as it is called, was released this morning by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. The organization, based at the University of Central Florida, releases similar reports on the NBA, the WNBA, the NFL, Major League Baseball, and Major League Soccer.
In all, the report gave college sports a grade of C-plus for hiring in race and gender.

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