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The University of Wyoming with Coach Everett Shelton, won the national title with a 46-34 victory in the final game over Georgetown.
Bob Ford. University at Albany. Division 1-AA FCS
John Thompson Junior, aka JTIII
Eddie Robinson Coach John Gagliardi Division 3 has 471 Coach Eddie Robinson Division 2 has 408 Coach Bobby Bowden Division 1 (major college teams) has 377
George O'Leary has been the head coach of the UCF Knights football team since 2004. The Knights are a Division I team from the University of Central Florida.
Rollie Massimino was the head coach. They beat Patrick Ewing's Georgetown team for the championship 66 - 64.
Tom Davis is the basketball coach at Drake University.
I believe Jerry Sloan at 66 years old I believe Jerry Sloan at 66 years old
There are several possible answers: College: There were black coaches as soon as the historically black colleges and universities started playing football. Clarence Matthews was the coach of Tuskegee University in 1893, he may have been the first. NFL: In the early days of the NFL, the job of coach was usually filled by a player on the team. And there were a handful of black NFL players between 1919 and 1933. Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard was a co-coach on the 1919 Akron Pros, and then coached the 1925 Hammond Pros. FBS College: The first black coach of a Division I-A school (now called FBS) was Willie Jeffries, who was named the head coach at Wichita State in 1979. Wichita State eliminated their football team in 1986. NFL Modern: The first modern black NFL coach was Art Shell, who was promoted to head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders on October 4, 1989.
Les Miles is currently the head coach for Louisiana State University.
William Wallace Wade was the Head Football Coach at the University of Alabama in 1926.
Bill Stewart is the head coach of West Virginia University. He began his career with the Mountaineers in 2000 as the quarterbacks coach.