This year’s 2009 NCAA Tournament field of 65 teams includes 14 teams that have Black head coaches. According to NCAA data, Black players represent approximately 60 percent of Division I male basketball players. Thirteen Black head coaches made it into the NCAA Tournament in 2006. Here is a list of Black head coaches who made it into this year’s March madness.
Midwest Regional
Alabama State University – Lewis Jackson * Play-In-Game*
Cleveland State University – Gary Waters
Boston College - Al Skinner
West Regional
University of Washington – Lorenzo Romar
University of
California State Northridge – Bobby Braswell
South Regional
Louisiana State University – Trent Johnson
Clemson University – Oliver Purnell
University of Oklahoma – Jeff Capel
