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‘Let’s see if we can make this bigger’: Black college basketball coaches are encouraged by a significant uptick in hires — including 51% of offseason vacancies--Chicago Tribune
Young first-timers such as Loyola’s Drew Valentine — who was 29 on his hiring date to become the youngest active head coach in Division I men’s basketball — are getting a crack at attractive jobs. So are lifelong assistants who paid their dues such as Stubblefield, a 27-year assistant at Oregon, Cincinnati and other stops.
“We’ve worked so hard to show that we can do the job and that we can do the full job all the way around,” said Valentine, who noted his father’s influential role as a high school basketball coach. “There’s a stigma around the role a lot of Black coaches have on coaching staffs in college basketball. Getting the opportunity to be head coach, you have to be CEO, you have to do it all.
“It (has been) frustrating, but college athletics as a whole, they’ve made a better effort to change this year. I’m proud I can be part of that change and inspire the next generation.”
(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)Photos of Loyola Ramblers basketball coach Drew Valentine.
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