Coaching Diversity Slowly Rising at FBS Schools: Joker Phillips thought his longtime friend Charlie Strong would get the opportunity to be a head coach years ago.It didn't happen.
Each offseason would follow a similar pattern: Jobs would come open, the former Florida defensive coordinator's name would emerge as one of the top minority candidates and each time the offer would be made to someone else. Someone hite.
'I thought he would be the guy,' Phillips said of Strong.
The tide, however, finally appears to be slowly turning.
Both Phillips and Strong are among a dozen Black head coaches at FBS schools, triple the number of Black head coaches two years ago. It's the most there have ever been, but still just 10 percent of the 120 FBS coaches.
