African american Quote by Frank Deford

I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college…

— Frank Deford

In America, many marginally competent or flatly incompetent whites are hired every day -some because their white skin suits the conscious or unconscious racial…

— Shelby Steele

We have seen a lot more black and minority ethnic coaches at grass-roots level, academy level, development level, but of course at senior level…

— Chris Hughton

My high school coach is an African American studies teacher, so I respect his perspective as an older white guy who has a master's…

— Fred VanVleet

“You never stop to think how the history of whiteness in America is one long scroll of affirmative action. You never stop to think…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I think the fact that we are trying to get as many young black and ethnic coaches involved in the game through campaigns to…

— Chris Hughton

There are so many intelligent former black players, guys like Luther Blissett and Cyrille Regis, who never got a chance to become a top…

— John Barnes

Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with.

— Ice Cube

We have to build that African-American offensive coordinator/quarterback coach that is going to be a head coach. I think that's our job as head…

— Bruce Arians

I feel like there should be more black head coaches.

— Lynn Swann

The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.

— Naomi Wolf

The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for…

— David Moranis