Football Head Coaches 2009

By Frank J. Matthews

There are currently seven African American Head Coaches among the 119 teams that make up the Football Bowl Subdivision formerly known as Division I. There is one Latino Head Coach and one Samoan Head Coach among that same subdivision. There are two African American Head Coaches among the eight universities that make up the Ivy league. They are listed in alphabetical order.
Head Coach          
University
Conference
DeWayne Walker          New Mexico State University          WAC
Ken Niumatalolo              U.S. Naval Academy                      

Independent
Kevin Sumlin                   University of Houston                     Conference-USA
Mario Cristobal                 Florida International University      Sun Belt
Michael Haywood            Miami University                            MAC
Mike Locksley                 University of New Mexico              MWC
Randy Shannon                  University of Miami                        ACC
Ron English                       Eastern Michigan University          MAC
Turner Gill                        University at Buffalo                       MAC
     

Ivy League

   
Norries Wilson                     

Columbia University
Tom  Williams                        Yale University