Race and ethnicity
Texas shortstop Trey Faltine (0) loses the ball while trying to throw to first in the fourth inning against Notre Dame during an NCAA College World Series baseball game Friday, June 17, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/John Peterson)
College baseball intent on increasing Black players, coaches

By Eric Olson Jun. 24, 2022 02:31 AM EDT

Valparaiso hires Charles Small, 1st Black athletic director

May. 19, 2022 03:11 PM EDT
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Valparaiso has hired Charles Small as its athletic director. The former Iowa State administrator will become the first Black...

FILE - Then-Ohio State receivers coach Stan Drayton calls out to players during NCAA college football practice in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 16, 2011. New Temple coach Stan Drayton is one of 15 Black head coaches currently set to start next season at 131 FBS schools. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam, File)
Temple, Maryland rare D-I schools with top Black leadership

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 15, 2022 01:22 PM EDT

FILE - Lisa Moeller takes a photo of the NCAA bracket for the NCAA college basketball tournament on the side of the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis. Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Wagering on all those parlays and longshots on the betting app — fun. Filling out a bracket and waiting for the upsets to begin — that’s why they call this March Madness. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Study: Racial gap shrinks in grad rates for NCAA men's teams

By Aaron Beard Mar. 16, 2022 02:56 PM EDT

Gabriel Leifer (4) reacts to the Yeshiva Maccabees' loss to Johns Hopkins University in the first round of the NCAA's Division III basketball tournament, in Galloway Township, N.J., on Friday, March 4, 2022. The Maccabees lost to the Blue Jays, 63-59 at Stockton University Sports Center. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Yeshiva University basketball team ends unforgettable era

By Luis Andres Henao And Jessie Wardarski Mar. 10, 2022 09:46 AM EST

Seattle University players are introduced on Jan. 26, 2022, before an NCAA college basketball game against Stephen F. Austin at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Seattle won the game and went on to join New Mexico State and Stephen F. Austin in March at the end of the season for a three-way tie to share the regular-season Western Athletic Conference championship. More than 50 years since its last NCAA tournament appearance, Seattle now needs just two more wins in the WAC tournament in Las Vegas to once again reach the biggest stage of college basketball. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)
Seattle U's best shot at NCAAs arrives after record season

By Tim Booth Mar. 08, 2022 02:14 AM EST

Seattle U removes interim tag, names Chris Victor head coach

Mar. 01, 2022 04:53 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle University removed the interim tag and made Chris Victor its permanent head coach on Tuesday. Victor took over the Redhawks...

Iowa apologizes to Badgers wrestler who was target of slurs

Feb. 08, 2022 05:40 PM EST
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa athletic department apologized Tuesday to a Wisconsin wrestler who was the target of racially insensitive remarks during a weekend...

Michigan's Eli Brooks (55) moves the ball past Prairie View A&M's Christian Guess (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
No. 6 Michigan rolls past Prairie View A&M 77-49

By Patrick Stevens Nov. 13, 2021 10:15 PM EST

Washington St. pulls away in second half, tops Seattle 79-61

Nov. 13, 2021 12:30 AM EST
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Tyrell Roberts scored 17 points and Washington State defeated Seattle 79-61 Friday night for the Cougars' 20th straight nonconference...

Michigan head coach Juwan Howard is seen on the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Buffalo, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Coaches vs. Racism aims to be about more than basketball

Nov. 12, 2021 03:27 PM EST

Seattle University basketball coach Jim Hayford resigns

Nov. 11, 2021 06:33 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle University basketball coach Jim Hayford resigned Thursday, the school's athletic director said. Hayford had been on...

Seattle puts head coach Jim Hayford on administrative leave

Nov. 06, 2021 10:32 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle University has placed basketball coach Jim Hayford on administrative leave. Seattle athletic director Shaney Fink...

In this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, file photo, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian, center, joins players in singing "The Eyes of Texas" after an NCAA college football against Louisiana-Lafayette, in Austin, Texas. The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of UT students have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Texas for its continued use of “The Eyes of Texas” school song, tune with racist elements in its past. The complaint filed Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, with the U.S. Department of Education alleges that Black students and faculty are being subjected to violations of the Civil Rights Act and a hostile campus environment. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas 9/4/2021

Sep. 08, 2021 06:18 PM EDT

In this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, file photo, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian, center, joins players in singing "The Eyes of Texas" after an NCAA college football against Louisiana-Lafayette, in Austin, Texas. The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of UT students have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Texas for its continued use of “The Eyes of Texas” school song, tune with racist elements in its past. The complaint filed Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, with the U.S. Department of Education alleges that Black students and faculty are being subjected to violations of the Civil Rights Act and a hostile campus environment. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Texas NAACP files federal complaint over "The Eyes of Texas"

By Jim Vertuno Sep. 08, 2021 06:15 PM EDT

FILE - Jim Phelan, head coach of the Mount St. Mary's men's NCAA college basketball team, ponders his future in his office, in this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003, file photo. Phelan, who won 830 games during nearly a half-century at Mount St. Mary's, has died. He was 92. The athletic department at Mount St. Mary's said Phelan died in his sleep at home Tuesday night, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy Jacobsen, File)
Longtime Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan dies at age 92

Jun. 16, 2021 12:49 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 15, 2018, file photo, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, left, greets the Loyola Chicago basketball team as the Ramblers walk off the court after a win over Miami in a first-round game at the NCAA college basketball tournament in Dallas. Loyola Chicago is back in the tournament. And Sister Jean will be there, too. The 101-year-old team chaplain's lobbying paid off Tuesday, March 16, when the school reversed course and announced she will go. That means she gets to watch her beloved Ramblers in person for the first time this season when No. 17 Loyola meets Georgia Tech in Indianapolis on Friday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
Police contacted after Ohio State's Liddell receives threats

By Charles Odum Mar. 20, 2021 03:42 PM EDT

Creighton's Shereef Mitchell is among a group of players who were broadcast on the scoreboard reading a statement about suspended coach Greg McDermott, at the team's NCAA college basketball game against Butler on Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Omaha, Neb. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
Creighton's McDermott reinstated after 'plantation' remark

By Eric Olson Mar. 08, 2021 04:47 PM EST

State Rep. Krystle Matthews, D-Ladson, speaks to fellow lawmakers on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. Matthews said many of her colleagues don't listen to Black lawmakers when they call for diversity in the state's judges and college and university trustees. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
South Carolina: Ex-NBA star's Trustee vote shows race fight

By Jeffrey Collins Mar. 03, 2021 04:52 PM EST

FILE - Temple head coach John Chaney reacts to a foul call in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Duke in Durham, N.C., in this Jan. 8, 2005, file photo. John Chaney, one of the nation’s leading Black coaches and a commanding figure during a Hall of Fame basketball career at Temple, has died. He was 89. His death was announced by the university Friday, Jan. 29, 2021.(AP Photo/Sara D. Davis, File)
John Chaney, commanding Temple basketball coach, dies at 89

By Dan Gelston Jan. 29, 2021 03:21 PM EST