Minorities are getting interviews but not getting hired

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Last update: November 13, 2008 - 12:41 AM

Minorities are getting more interviews but still aren't getting enough college football jobs, according to the Black Coaches and Administrators.

Almost one-third of the candidates interviewed last year were minorities, said a study released Wednesday by the group, but only four were hired for 31 head coach openings in NCAA Division I football.

The recent firings of Ty Willingham at Washington and Ron Prince at Kansas State -- both effective at the end of the season -- left the Bowl Subdivision, the NCAA's top division, with only four black head coaches, plus one Latino and one Pacific Islander.

Among the 31 schools in the FBS and Championship Subdivision, formerly I-A and I-AA, that hired head coaches in the past year, 16 received overall grades of A, up from 11 in the 2007 report, 12 in 2006 and four in 2005.

Central Michigan 33, Northern Illinois 30 (OT): Dan LeFevour ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more and Andrew Aguila kicked a 40-yard field goal in overtime as the Chippewas beat the host Huskies.

Kent State 41, Temple 38: Nate Reed kicked two fourth-quarter field goals as the Golden Flashes (3-7) edged the Owls (3-7) in Kent, Ohio.

Kent State's Julian Edelman gained 144 yards on 22 carries and scored three touchdowns. Edelman also threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Sam Kirkland, as he finished 18-for-26 passing for 232 yards.

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Charlie Weis has the backing of his boss, who insists Notre Dame (5-4) is headed in the right direction despite the team's inability to beat its best opponents. "He's our head coach and I look forward to him being the head coach for a long time," athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Wednesday. Notre Dame has lost three of its past four games.

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• SMU coach June Jones suspended three starters -- receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Aldrick Robinson and linebacker Justin Smart -- for the final two games of the season, the Dallas Morning News reported in its online edition.

• Florida State football players and fraternity members were involved in an on-campus fight Wednesday, according to campus police. No arrests have been made yet.

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