Good for Turner Gill and Buffalo, your 2008 MAC champion. Gill seems like a great guy and is obviously an excellent coach. Buffalo was everyone's doormat until the Bulls had a 5-3 MAC record in Gill's second season.After the the departures of Washington's Tyrone Willingham and Mississippi State's Sylvester Croom, Gill is one of three black head coaches among the 119 FBS teams. Obama's win proved this country has come a long way in the racism department, but the number of black coaches in FBS is an embarassment.
That's the beauty of sports though. Gill has to be one of the hottest coaching candidates in the country. When you make Buffalo relevant, you can do some things.
Hey, athletic directors, start hiring black head coaches. Blacks are the majority on the field, so there are bound to many qualified minority candidates getting passed up. There's a much higher percentage of black assistants, but for whatever reason, the glass ceiling remains. Let's hope that changes soon.
