This years NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship field
of 64 had 13 teams with African American or minority coaches, which is 20
percent. College basketball generates billions of dollars in revenue for these
universities by fielding teams that according to NCAA statistics are 58 percent
African-American. Of those 13 teams headed by African-Americans and other
minorities, Boston College(Al Skinner), Georgetown (John Thompson III) and
Washington (Lorenzo Romar), are the 3 that made it to the Sweet 16.
The following is the list of the 13 minority head coaches
that made this years field of 64 in the
NCAA National Championship.
Alphabetical order:
Al Skinner – Boston College
Chris Lowery – Southern Illinois
John Thompson III – Georgetown
Karl Hobbs – George Washington
Kelvin Sampson – Oklahoma
Lorenzo Romar – Washington
Louis Orr – Seton Hall
Mike Anderson – Alabama-Birmingham
Mike Davis – Indiana
Rob Jeter – Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Rob Spivery – Southern
Stan Heath – Arkansas
Tubby Smith – Kentucky
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