Stagnant Change

It’s not about interviews. It’s not about getting close. It’s not about making a good impression. It’s all about getting the job. For minority coaches, it’s time that progress is measured by the actual number of head-coaching slots that get filled. In the past, African-American coaching candidates had a hard time getting interviewed for head-coaching positions and when those interview chances came about, they were done with a wink and a wry smile. “Sure we interviewed a black candidate,” an athletic department administrator might say. “But the guy we hired just blew us away in the interview.” Meanwhile that black candidate never had a chance to do anything but allow the school to check off the box that said a minority candidate had been interviewed and met an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requirement. “The only thing I care about is results,” said Floyd