Temple University Athletics
Temple Receives an A in 2006 BCA Football Hiring Report Card
9.21.06 | General
Sept. 21, 2006
PHILADELPHA - The Temple University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics received an A grade in the 2006 Football Hiring Report Card, released today by the Black Coaches Association. Temple, which named Al Golden head coach on December 6, 2005, was one of four Division I-A schools to receive an A out of the 10 universities that hired a new head football coach.
"We take pride in the hiring practices that we have in place, not just for athletics, but throughout Temple University," Director of Athletics Bill Bradshaw said. "There is nothing that we do as athletic administrators that is more important than hiring coaches. This report validates that we are doing things the right way."
The Black Coaches Association is a 501 (c) (3) tax exempt non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to foster the growth and development of ethnic minorities at all levels of sports both nationally and internationally.
Each school was graded on five categories: Communication, Hiring/Search Committee, Candidates Interviewed, Reasonable Time, and Affirmative Action. Each school was asked specific questions for each of the five categories. Each category has a numerical score that was converted into a letter grade for presentation purposes. Each numerical score is used in the computation of the final grade. This year schools who hired a coach of color received a two point bonus to their final score.
For more information on the Black Coaches Association and to download the complete report in pdf format, visit www.bcasports.org.
