Black Coaches & Administrators

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The Black Coaches & Administrators (BCA) is a 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". It currently is focused on athletics in North America, including professional leagues, college sports and high school athletics. The organization offers scholarships and actively promotes the hiring of ethnic minority coaches in professional and college sports.

The BCA was formed in 1988 as the Black Coaches Association, when two separate African American coaching groups (basketball and American football) merged and extended their work to coaches in all sports. The organization has been focused on improving the employment opportunities and professional development of ethnic minority coaches. Initially the organizations focus was on African Americans, but it has since expanded to all minority ethnic groups. On May 31, 2007, the name was officially changed to the Black Coaches & Administrators to clarify the expanding membership population of administrators and coaches within the BCA.

The BCA has long been highly critical of the lack of African American, and minority coaches in general, in college football --particularly on the highest, NCAA Division I-A level. Noting the high number of African American players in college football, the BCA has been concerned that there have only been 19 African-American DI-A college head coaches ever[1].

1 BCA Classic
- 1.1 Basketball
- 1.2 Football
2 References
3 External links

[edit] BCA Classic

The BCA has sponsored college athletic events, the BCA Classics, in both basketball and football.

[edit] Basketball

The BCA Classic is an annual men's college basketball tournament held at various locations throughout the United States since 1994. Initially featuring a four teams playing two separate games, the field began expanding to a tournament format in 2000, to eight teams in 2004[2].

[edit] Football

The final 2004 BCA Classic at FedEx Field

The BCA Classic (1997-2004) was an annual college football game held in the beginning of the season, piting two major college football progams against each other in order to promote the BCA, generate funds, and, ideally, to feature schools with African American coaches. The 1997 game was titled the Eddie Robinson Classic, subsequent games were named the BCA Classic. While the games were successful in terms of attendance and media coverage, the number of minority head coaches in D-IA did not go up and the BCA decided against holding a 2005 BCA Classic after its initial television contract expired in 2004 [3].

Date	Teams *	Site	Attendance	Result
August 28, 2004	Virginia Tech Hokies vs. #1 USC Trojans	FedEx Field · Landover, MD	91,665	24-13, USC
August 23, 2003	#7 Kansas State Wildcats vs. California Golden Bears	Arrowhead Stadium · Kansas City, MO	50,823	42-28, Kansas State
August 24, 2002	Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers	Memorial Stadium · Lincoln, NE	77,779	48-10, Nebraska
August 25, 2001	Tulane Green Wave vs. BYU Cougars	LaVell Edwards Stadium · Provo, UT	49,008	70-35, BYU
August 30, 2000	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. #11 Virginia Tech Hokies	Lane Stadium · Blacksburg, VA	56,431	ppd, then canceled**
August 28, 1999	NC State Wolfpack vs. #17 Texas Longhorns	Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin, TX	82,582	23-20, NC State
August 29, 1998	Colorado State Rams vs. Michigan State Spartans	Spartan Stadium · East Lansing, MI	68,624	28-16, CSU
August 28, 1997	Wyoming Cowboys vs. Ohio State Buckeyes	Ohio Stadium · Columbus, OH	89,112	24-10, OSU
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. *The game was postponed^[1]^[2] when lightning struck Lane Stadium (notably hitting ESPN broadcaster Lee Corso's rental car^[3]^[4]), the game was never rescheduled^[5]