Nice post. But, most arguments for hiring a black coach assume most recruits are inner city black kids who will respond more positively to a black head coach. I don't know if this is the case. The championship 4-A school, Lake Travis, was almost completely white. Their QB, a UT signee, may have been the biggest recruiting target in the state. Lake Travis HS is not poor. When you listen to blue chip inner city black kids who get recruited by Brown, Stoops, Paterno, etc., they are most impressed that the head coach, no matter of race, comes to their neighborhood and sits in their living room. (Of course, the boosters who come along later with various perks doesn't hurt either. Maybe we should have some of those.) There are a lot of factors in hiring a head coach. Race can be one of them. It doesn't mean our next head coach HAS to be of any particular ethnicity, but if it can help, we shouldn't ignore it. Ultimately the kids still have to be coached, and coached well. I think our next coach should win, no matter his race.