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January 20, 2009

Few FBS offers for black coaches

Few FBS offers for black coaches DeWayne Walker was overdue for a head-coaching job in college football. That’s what everyone said. The former UCLA assistant had done too much solid work designing defenses and recruiting talent not to earn a promotion to the big chair. Then he was hired this offseason at New Mexico State,…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 20, 2009

Tomlin’s youth paying off, setting trends

Tomlin’s youth paying off, setting trends At 34, Mike Tomlin was young and unproven, an anomaly among NFL coaches. Two years later, Tomlin is a virtual Methuselah in the coaching ranks when compared to two recent hires of his own cloth. Tomlin begat 32-year-olds Josh McDaniels and Raheem Morris, who were recently hired to coach…