AP: President Simpson quoted on need for more minority coaches

Release Date: January 2, 2008 This content is archived.

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An article distributed by the Associated Press looks at efforts by NCAA President Myles Brand to have more head coach positions at major schools filled by non-whites and reports that UB is the only Division I school with a black athletic director, football coach and men's basketball coach. The article quotes President John Simpson, who said, "I guess when you have this information and this situation where there are so few African Americans in coaching and in athletic directors positions when so many of our athletes are African American, there should be some level of concern among my colleagues." The article appears in newspapers that include the Detroit News.

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