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 Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong: Interracial marriage has hurt his chances of getting a head-coaching job  by
Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong: Interracial marriage has hurt his chances of getting a head-coaching job by
Strong gives thumbs-up to suggestion that his wife's skin color has affected his job search MIAMI -- You would hope that in this day and age when we just elected an African-American president that race would play no factor in college football, but UF defensive coordinator Charlie Strong, ...
Best Hire Ever
Best Hire Ever
rumorsandrants.com — I don’t know what to tell Auburn at this point. I spent half the damn 2008 season... campaigning against Tommy Tuberville because he was dragging this team down into the pit of mediocrity that is the SEC West. As successful as he was, he no longer showed the same ability to strategize, ... (more) Best Hire Ever
Gene Chizik's good hires don't square with Charles Barkley's bad rap of Auburn
Gene Chizik's good hires don't square with Charles Barkley's bad rap of Auburn
blog.al.com — .Trooper Taylor spent last season at Oklahoma State working with Curtis Luper, and Taylor knows the SEC... after working at TennesseeBoy, is Charles Barkley going to be surprised, once he sobers up. Gene Chizik has hired five assistant coaches for... (more) Gene Chizik's good hires don't square with Charles ...
Enough is Enough: When Will Negro Coaches Learn?
nationofislamsportsblog.blogspot.com — A few weeks ago, Brother Charles Barkley valiantly spoke out about the hiring practices of his troubled... alma mater, Auburn. Brother Charles, with full insider's knowledge, disclosed that Auburn had chosen not to pursue the employ of the up and coming ... (more) Enough is Enough: When Will Negro Coaches Learn?
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As long as we're on the subject, Charlie Strong has something to say about black head coaches
Dr. Saturday — ... Strong's been the stoic type about it, until Monday's media blitz in Miami, when he told the Orlando Sentinel's Mike Bianchi that, yes, it's all about the melanin: ...

Gators’ Strong : I’d Be A Head Coach (’Cept For My White Wife)
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... for the many Division One openings we read about at the end of each college football season? The Orlando Sentinel’s Mike Bianchi seemed to know the answer to the question before he’d even asked. ...

A Quarter Century Of Trying
Signal to Noise — ... about a head coaching gig, if his chat with an Orlando Sentinel writer is to be believed — and that his white wife is a factor (as written earlier, Gill’s also married to a white woman.) This is now getting even more attention post-Gill, as the ...

Lou Holtz buzz can only mean it's coaching silly season again
Dr. Saturday — ... last December focusing on his contention that his interracial marriage had cost him head-coaching jobs in the Southeast. Expect Strong's name to ...

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Report: Gators' Strong sees racial bias (AP)Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News
Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong believes race was a reason he hasn't been offered a head-coaching job during his 25 years in college football, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Strong, a 48-year-old black man, shook his head affirmatively ...