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The Buck Stops Here: Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders for Football Bowl
Subdivision (FBS) Schools in the 2010-11 Academic YearBy Dr. Richard Lapchick with Jamile M. KitnurseOrlando, Fla.… November 11, 2010 – The key leadership positions at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools and conferences remain overwhelmingly white and male, even though a record-high 15 head coaches of color led FBS (formerly Division I-A) teams at the start of the 2010 college football season, according to a new study released by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida. The 15 head coaches of color represent 12.5 percent of the 120 FBS coaches.TIDES released The Buck Stops Here: Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Schools in the 2010-11 Academic Year. This is a study that examines the race and gender of conference commissioners and campus leaders, including college and university presidents, athletics directors and faculty athletics representatives for all 120 FBS institutions. The study also includes head coaches, offensive and defensive coordinators, assistant coaches and student-athletes for the football teams. Finally, the faculty as a whole is examined.Richard Lapchick, director of TIDES and principal author of the report, said, “Women and people of color who seek leadership positions in American higher education and in college sport face enormous odds. The leadership in the power structure in college sport remains overwhelming white. In FBS institutions, this includes 100 percent of the conference commissioners, 92.5 percent of the presidents, 88.3 percent of the athletics directors, 93.6 percent of the faculty athletics reps, 87.5 percent of the head football coaches and 83.3 percent of the faculty.
Full Document and story: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/12/qt#243337
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UCF Report: College Football Far Behind Other Sports in Diversity
University of Central Florida
By UCF Staff
Nov. 17, 2009
Leadership positions at Football Bowl Subdivision universities are overwhelmingly held by white men, despite the fact that more than half of the student-athletes are African-American, according to a University of Central Florida study released today.
Richard Lapchick, director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at UCF, penned the “The Buck Stops Here: Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Schools in the 2009-10 Academic Year.” The report examines the lack of diversity in key leadership roles in college football.
Lapchick reviewed the race and gender of conference commissioners and campus leaders, including college and university presidents, athletics directors and faculty athletics representatives, for all 120 FBS institutions. The study also includes head football coaches, offensive and defensive coordinators, assistant coaches and football student-athletes. Finally, the faculty as a whole is examined.
Lapchick notes in the study, “Women and people of color who seek leadership positions in American higher education and in college sport face enormous odds. The leadership in the power structure in college sport remains overwhelming white.”
In the 2009 season, there are seven African-American coaches, one Latino coach and one Asian coach in the FBS, for a total of nine coaches of color. There were eight coaches of color in 2008.
However, “even with the record number of head coaches of color, college football is still far behind other college and professional sports," Lapchick said. “While the percentages are slightly better in some categories, the general picture is still one of white men running college sport. Overall, the numbers simply do not reflect the diversity of our student-athletes.”
To read the full report, click here.
http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=002400413702bfed0124310819fb002403&subject_id=0024004102975ad83011b2b83251c0c35
By UCF Staff
Nov. 17, 2009
Leadership positions at Football Bowl Subdivision universities are overwhelmingly held by white men, despite the fact that more than half of the student-athletes are African-American, according to a University of Central Florida study released today.
Richard Lapchick, director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at UCF, penned the “The Buck Stops Here: Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Schools in the 2009-10 Academic Year.” The report examines the lack of diversity in key leadership roles in college football.
Lapchick reviewed the race and gender of conference commissioners and campus leaders, including college and university presidents, athletics directors and faculty athletics representatives, for all 120 FBS institutions. The study also includes head football coaches, offensive and defensive coordinators, assistant coaches and football student-athletes. Finally, the faculty as a whole is examined.
Lapchick notes in the study, “Women and people of color who seek leadership positions in American higher education and in college sport face enormous odds. The leadership in the power structure in college sport remains overwhelming white.”
In the 2009 season, there are seven African-American coaches, one Latino coach and one Asian coach in the FBS, for a total of nine coaches of color. There were eight coaches of color in 2008.
However, “even with the record number of head coaches of color, college football is still far behind other college and professional sports," Lapchick said. “While the percentages are slightly better in some categories, the general picture is still one of white men running college sport. Overall, the numbers simply do not reflect the diversity of our student-athletes.”
To read the full report, click here.
http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=002400413702bfed0124310819fb002403&subject_id=0024004102975ad83011b2b83251c0c35
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