Tag: Coaches: Page 13

Sports

Penn State Faculty Rejects Vote of No Confidence in the Board of Trustees

The 32-member board of trustees has come under fire for its handling of a child sex abuse scandal that led to the firings of the university president and longtime football coach Joe Paterno.

January 25, 2012

Sports

BCA Hiring Report Card Shows Positive Change in Football

Twenty-two head coaches of color have been hired in the eight years since the Black Coaches and Administrators released its first report card.

November 15, 2011

Sports

Federal Court Permits Football Players’ Discrimination Case Against California Community College

Three Black former football players can pursue their civil rights suit accusing a northern California community college of racial discrimination, verbal abuse and harassment, a federal judge has ruled.

November 10, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Report: Leadership of Football Bowl Subdivision Programs Showing Slow Progress on Diversity

The latest TIDES report shows that head coaches of color are at an all-time high since the start of the 2011 college football season, but other leadership positions lag far behind.

November 8, 2011

Students

Career Compass Shows Way Ahead to College

Louisiana nonprofit helps students find scholarships, apply and persist toward degree.

September 21, 2011

Sports

Math Prize for Girls Thrives at MIT

The third annual Math Prize for Girls, which took place Saturday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, inspires girls to embrace a love of math.

September 19, 2011

Students

Report: Top College Athletes Worth Six Figures

The average fair market value of top-tier college football and men’s basketball players is more than $100,000 each, and the athletes are entitled to at least a portion of that, a new report from an advocacy group argues.

September 12, 2011

Sports

Five New Minority FBS Head Coaches Bring Total To Highest Ever

The 2011 season will see the most minorities leading Football Bowl Subdivision teams as head coaches when college game action gets underway Sept. 1.

August 31, 2011

Sports

SWAC Coping with Academic Woes, Postseason Bans

Three Southwestern Athletic Conference schools, Jackson State, Southern and Grambling, have received postseason bans in either football or men’s basketball for failing to meet the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate standards.

August 29, 2011

Students

Michigan State Law Professors Say Div. I College Athletes Qualify as ‘Employees’

The way football and basketball players in Division I programs juggle athletics and school undermines the NCAA’s contention they are student-athletes, contend law professors Robert and Amy McCormick.

July 14, 2011

Sports

Celebrated New York City Athlete Fatally Stabbed Hours After High School Graduation

An argument over a celebratory high school graduation gift cost Isayah Muller his life: The 19-year-old was fatally stabbed during a fight between his father and two parking attendants thought to have stolen expensive cologne from the backseat of the family’s car.

June 29, 2011

Sports

Friends Remember North Carolina State Hero Lorenzo Charles

Lorenzo Charles was remembered Tuesday for his imposing presence on the court and his gentle demeanor away from it, one day after the hero of the Wolfpack’s most recent championship team was killed in a bus wreck.

June 28, 2011