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August 3, 2008

Phillips to be UK’s 1st black head football coach

Phillips to be UK’s 1st black head football coach When Mississippi State hired Sylvester Croom in December of 2003, making him the first black head football coach in Southeastern Conference history, the news story reverberated nationwide. It earned ink in Sports Illustrated and The New York Times, among other publications. ESPN devoted air time, too.…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 3, 2008

MSU, UM set national hiring pace

MSU, UM set national hiring pace In his 14-year career as a college football coach, Tracy Rocker never paid much attention to the color of the faces that surrounded him. A few were black. Most were white. As a black man, Rocker had gotten used to it. He said it never really bothered him because…