Or lack thereof.....

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Former NFL head coach Tony Dungy talks about the lack of minority coaches in BCS universities. Dungy states that the numbers support the theory of institutional racism. He also states that there is currently one minority coach out of 65 major BCS schools (Randy Shannon, University of Miami).

Minority head coaches have been an issue that the NCAA football has been going through for quite sometime. Some coaches feel their best chance at filling a head coaching vacancy would be in the NFL ranks. Bucs head coach Raheem Morris is a good example of an assistant coach who couldn't get a head coaching job in the college ranks, but instead received an opportunity with Tampa Bay, after John Gruden was fired.

It was only a year ago that Charles Barkley called out Auburn for hiring Iowa State's Gene Chizik over Buffalo's Turner Gill, who is black. Gill had turned the program around and took the school to their first MAC Championship, while Chizik had a 5-19 record in 2 seasons at Iowa State.

Some people believe that a "Rooney Rule" should be in place throughout the NCAA, which would mandate at least 1 minority interview per vacancy. But in my opinion, that will not happen anytime soon. Boosters and alumni play a HUGE role into the head coach hiring and lot of universities are just not ready to place a minority into such an authoritative position. The NCAA needs to do better, one in 65 teams is beyond unacceptable. Hopefully Dungy's words will help get the ball rolling on doing something about the lack of minority head coaches.