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- Title
Chasing Stars: Racial Tasking of Recruiting Responsibilities among Power-5 Football Coaches.
- Authors
Corr, Chris; Bopp, Trevor; Atwater, Christopher; Nite, Calvin
- Abstract
During the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football season, eight of the 65 Power-5 head coaches were Black. The racial composition of assistant coaches, however, was nearly 50% Black and 50% White. While the head coach of a Power-5 football team serves as the leader of the program, the 10 assistant coaches permitted by the NCAA oversee a variety of critical roles; the most valuable of which is recruiting. This study extends previous work by examining the racial composition of Power-5 football coaching staffs and recruiting responsibilities through the lens of racial tasking. An analysis of Power-5 football recruiting classes from 2019 and 2020 illustrates that assistant coaches are tasked with recruiting prospective athletes racially similar to themselves 58% of the time. Furthermore, Black assistant coaches are disproportionately tasked with recruiting Black recruits and higher rated recruits (i.e., five- and four-star) compared to their White counterparts. We contend such racialized responsibilities and expectations may affect opportunities for advancement among Black assistant coaches.
- Subjects
NATIONAL Collegiate Athletic Association; FOOTBALL coaching; FOOTBALL teams; DEMOGRAPHIC characteristics; COACHES (Athletics); COLLEGE football
- Publication
Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 3, p262
- ISSN
1941-6342
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17161/jis.v16i3.18977