We're watching- Update 1

Currently, there are three African American head football coaches at Division 1A 'major' programs (Big T1e1n, Pac 10, SEC, ACC, Big East, Big 12, MWC). Three. Karl Dorrell at UCLA, Ty Willingham at UW, and Sylvester Croom at Mississippi State. Three. You remember, we've talked about this before...

And now, with a number of firings on the way, it will be interesting to see if this number increases.

Here are the current or recent openings:

Michigan State- Hire: Mark Dantonio (no)
Iowa State- Hire: Gene Chizik (no)
North Carolina- Hire: Butch Davis (no)
UPDATE- Cincinnati- Hire: Brian Kelly (no)
Arizona State
North Carolina State
Alabama
Miami
Stanford
Central Michigan

Stay tuned here for updates.