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Floyd Keith has waited half a century for a Black coach with Deion Sanders’ swagger and success to shake up college football. The fanfare and hoopla surrounding the Colorado program since Sanders' arrival has been well documented, but Keith, who for more than a decade was executive director of the Black Coaches Association, hopes the spotlight leads to opportunities for more Black coaches. Sanders is a unicorn in many ways, so it's unclear if the whirlwind he has created will have coattails.

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Deion Sanders' immediate impact after taking over a Colorado football program that won just one game last year is providing hope for other Black coaches looking to land Power Five jobs. There are only 14 Black head coaches roaming the sidelines at the 133 Football Bowl Subdivision programs while roughly half the players are Black. Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman and Penn State’s James Franklin are the only ones at what would be considered traditional powers. It's too early to say whether the national attention Sanders has generated leads to more opportunities for Black coache...

  UCSB’s Joe Pasternack, Dos Pueblos Alum Shantay Legans of Eastern Washington on Rising Coaches List Former Dos Pueblos High basketball star Shantay Legans is on a list of “Rising Coaches” in men’s college basketball. He is in his third year as head coach at Eastern Washington University. (Eastern Washington University Facebook Page photo) By Barry Punzal, Noozhawk Sports Editor | @NoozhawkSports | 9:18 p.m. A list of coaches regarded as on the rise in men’s college basketball includes a former local high school star and the head man at UCSB. Former Dos Pueblos High standou...