Posted on 11/30/2004 10:47:49 AM PST by Flightdeck
The University of Notre Dame announced Tuesday that Tyrone Willingham will not be retained as its head football coach, according to the school's Web site.
Willingham's teams were 21-15 overall in his three seasons as Irish head coach.
A 4 p.m. news conference is expected.
With Willingham out -- and after the recent firing of New Mexico State's Tony Samuel and resignation of Fitz Hill from San Jose State -- there are now only two black head coaches in Division I-A: Karl Dorrell at UCLA and Sylvester Croom at Mississippi State.
Notre Dame (6-5) has accepted an invitation to play in the Insight Bowl in Phoenix against a Pac-10 team on Dec. 28.
All the buzz I'm hearing is they are hot for Rick Neuheisel nlow that the NCAA cleared him of any wrongdoing and put all the blame on Washington.
We'll be hearing from Jesse soon.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
Lew Holtz
I wonder why this had to be included. I thought race was not supposed to matter. Does the article also mention that he's the first black to be FIRED as head coach from ND? I mean, the media is always so quick to focus on these "firsts" you know.
Funny stuff.
Lew?!?
Shhhh, don't give them any ideas.
Nice fella - ND was lucky to have him, but he might be a bit too senior for the job now.
Butch Davis ought to go back to the Cowboys where he built that number one defense. They need it desparately.
As for the black head coaches, where's Johnny Cochran on this one. Why this oughtta be a hiring practice? You get points for hiring a minority. Some sort of kick back. Something's got to be done about this one. We can't be a havin' these sort of practices in these universities. This is an outrage! I don't care what kind of record Willingham has there.
The fact that he's a minority is what matters most. And Notre Dame calls itself progressive. What is this...the 1930's? :) Denote sarcasm.
So much for the Gators getting Urban Meyer.
I am coming around on having Butch Davis coming to UF. He knows the area and recruiting the State of Florida, not sure if Meyer is well-suited enough in that area. Recruiting is just as important as the coaching aspect. Zook was a good recruiter, but not a good gametime coach. Spurrier was slipping in the recruiting department when he left. Recruiting in Florida is a war in and of itself.
We must insist that "Our" college coaches should "look like America". I, for one, will not rest until EVERY Division 1A football coaching staff reflects the following ethnicity percentages from the latest census (AND, I want 13% overall to be left-handed):
ETHNICITY POPULATION PERCENTAGE
Acadian/Cajun 85,414 0.0
Afghan 53,709 0.0
Albanian 113,661 0.0
Alsatian 15,601 0.0
Arab 1,202,871 0.4
Egyptian 142,832 0.1
Iraqi 37,714 0.0
Jordanian 39,734 0.0
Lebanese 440,279 0.2
Moroccan 38,923 0.0
Palestinian 72,112 0.0
Syrian 142,897 0.1
Arab/Arabic 205,822 0.1
Other Arab 82,558 0.0
Armenian 385,488 0.1
Assyrian/ 82,355 0.0
Chaldean/
Syriac
Australian 78,673 0.0
Austrian 735,128 0.3
Basque 57,793 0.0
Belgian 360,642 0.1
Brazilian 181,076 0.1
British 1,085,720 0.4
Bulgarian 55,489 0.0
Canadian 647,376 0.2
Celtic 65,638 0.0
Croatian 374,241 0.1
Cypriot 7,663 0.0
Czech 1,262,527 0.4
Czech 441,403 0.2
Danish 1,430,897 0.5
Dutch 4,542,494 1.6
English 24,515,138 8.7
Estonian 25,034 0.0
European 1,968,696 0.7
Finnish 623,573 0.2
French 8,309,908 3.0
(non-Basque)
French/ 2,349,684 0.8
Canadian
German 42,885,162 15.2
German/ 10,535 0.0
Russian
Greek 1,153,307 0.4
Guyanese 162,456 0.1
Hungarian 1,398,724 0.5
Icelander 42,716 0.0
Iranian 338,266 0.1
Irish 30,528,492 10.8
Israeli 106,839 0.0
Italian 15,723,555 5.6
Latvian 87,564 0.0
Lithuanian 659,992 0.2
Luxemburger 45,139 0.0
Macedonian 38,051 0.0
Maltese 40,159 0.0
Norwegian 4,477,725 1.6
Penn. German 255,807 0.1
Polish 8,977,444 3.2
Portuguese 1,177,112 0.4
Romanian 367,310 0.1
Russian 2,652,214 0.9
Scandinavian 425,099 0.2
Scotch-Irish 4,319,232 1.5
Scottish 4,890,581 1.7
Serbian 140,337 0.0
Slavic 127,137 0.0
Slovak 797,764 0.3
Slovene 176,691 0.1
Subsaharan 1,781,877 0.6
African
African 1,183,316 0.4
Cape Verdean 77,103 0.0
Ethiopian 86,918 0.0
Ghanian 49,944 0.0
Kenyan 17,336 0.0
Liberian 25,575 0.0
Nigerian 165,481 0.1
Sierra Leonean 12,410 0.0
Somalian 36,313 0.0
South African 45,569 0.0
Sudanese 14,936 0.0
Swedish 3,998,310 1.4
Swiss 911,502 0.3
Turkish 117,575 0.0
Ukrainian 892,922 0.3
U.S. 20,625,093 7.3
Welsh 1,753,794 0.6
West Indian 1,869,504 0.7
(excluding Hispanic groups)
Bahamian 31,984 0.0
Barbadian 54,509 0.0
Belizean 37,688 0.0
Brit. W. Indian 84,671 0.0
Dutch W. Indian 37,681 0.0
Haitian 548,199 0.2
Jamaican 736,513 0.3
Trinidadian 164,778 0.1
or Tobagonian
U.S.V.I 15,014 0.0
West Indian 147,222 0.1
Yugoslavian 328,547 0.1
Other 81,962,460 29.1
Silly comparison. No women play Division I-A football.
...ESPN is going to interview someone from the Black Coaches Association after the break....here it comes...they did not give Ty enough of a chance I am sure. If he were a white guy they would have given him more time...
FGS, they need to give it a rest, don't they??
Celebrate good times, come on!
I did not think the University had the nerve to fire this incompetent failure. I am so glad I was wrong, bring back the gruden rumors!
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