White head coaches are less likely than their
black counterparts to hire blacks as assistants, limiting black
coaches' careers in schools with Division I basketball, a study
released Tuesday suggests.
Texas A&M's Laboratory for Diversity in Sport surveyed 191 Division I men's basketball programs and found blacks make up 30% of assistants on the staffs of white head coaches and 45% of assistants to black head coaches.
The results suggest Blacks might face discrimination when applying for coaching positions.
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