So far... AMAZING

With today's news that Turner Gill has assumed leadership at the University of Kansas, four of the eight hires this offseason have have been candidates of African American heritage.

Statistically, it's still only 10 out of 120 (Gill was already at Buffalo), but it's exciting that we went from one BCS program with an African American head coach (Miami) to three (Miami, Kansas, Virginia). There was the possibility of another adding to this list, but Houston's Kevin Sumlin declined the opportunity to interview for the open Cincinnati position (Big East Conference).

Here's where we are:

Akron: Hire- Rob Ianello (no)
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Florida State: Hire/Appointment- Jimbo Fisher (no)
Kansas: Hire- Turner Gill (yes!!)
Louisville: Hire- Charlie Strong (yes!!)
Marshall
Memphis: Hire- Larry Porter (yes!!)
Notre Dame: Hire- Brian Kelly (no)
Virginia: Hire- Mike London (yes!!)
Western Kentucky: Hire- Willie Taggart (no)