Numbers show racial imbalance for FBS head coaches, coordinators in Texas

Take a 30,000-foot view of college football and a troubling trend becomes clear – it is a predominately minority sport coached, at least in the true "leadership" positions, by whites. Black players outnumber white players in college football at the Division I and Division II level, but the pace of participation has not adequately translated to head coaches and coordinators. Black players accounted for 49 percent of Division I players from 2011 to 2020, according to the NCAA database. 

Take the state of Texas. Sam Houston’s transition into the FBS ranks means the Lone Star State is home to 13 such programs – more than any other state. Of the 130 on-field assistants across those 13 programs, 55 are Black, which accounts for over 43 percent. Add in other minority coaches such as Rice offensive coordinator Marques Tuiasosopo, Houston offensive line coach Eman Naghavi, UTEP offensive coordinator Scotty Ohara, and TCU safety coach Paul Gonzales, and the number of on-field assistants surges past 45 percent. Over half of the on-field assistants at the six Power Five schools are minorities.