You'd have to take an individual search, an individual process, and there would have to be an individual case that would warrant that. An affirmative action policy would have to be involved (and disregarded by the school).
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Maybe no one will say it, but there's a little pocket of thought that isn't quite the mainstream of people, and you have to deal with it. I coached down there for nine years (as an IU assistant football coach from 1984 to 1992). I dealt with it, but I wasn't the head coach.Floyd Keith
I still always get concerned about one-week hires. I see the situation at Colorado, and the next day the Boise State thing happens. If there's anything we've learned, it's that you have to show diversity and inclusion (in the hiring process).
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They happened to fine people for grade deficiencies and fine people in Title IX cases. So if there is a true inequity in a racial aspect, I guess you could (levy fines). You have to have some legal teeth.
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My sense is that the efforts being made by athletic directors (to interview and hire black candidates) have been more timely and complete. There is an improvement. ... But at the end of the day you have to be objective and measure this in wins and losses, and that's a bittersweet perspective. Hiring two coaches and increasing your total 66 just underscores how much distance we have to go.
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It makes no sense. Why is it that the No. 1 position of leadership and decision-making on a football team can be occupied by a person of color but the person on the sideline can't
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We're not looking at the outcome one hire. That is what makes this a research design and not a quota mechanism. We theorize that over a period of time if institutions continue to follow the process quite naturally we'll have more coaches of color -- Latinos, Asians, African-Americans.
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