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Who was the first black head coach for the NFL what year?
Fritz Pollard of the 1921 Akron Pros is considered the first black head coach in the history of the National Football League.
Who was the first black coach to win a national championship in football?
Tony Dungy
Who was the first black head coach in NFL history?
fritz pollard
Who was the first black coach in Boston Red Sox history?
Tommy Harper
Who was the first black assistant coach at Alabama?
At 20 years old, John Mitchell became the youngest coach in college football at the time, as well as Alabama's first African-American assistant coach.
Who was the first black head coach for the NFL what year?
Fritz Pollard of the 1921 Akron Pros is considered the first black head coach in the history of the National Football League.
Who was the first black coach to win a national championship in football?
Tony Dungy
Was bear Bryant the first coach to recruit black players?
No! It was Charlie Bradshaw head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. They recruited the first black football player of the SEC
Who was the first black head coach in NFL history?
fritz pollard
Who was the first black coach of the National Football League?
Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts.
Who was the first black coach in Boston Red Sox history?
Tommy Harper
Who was the first black assistant coach at Alabama?
At 20 years old, John Mitchell became the youngest coach in college football at the time, as well as Alabama's first African-American assistant coach.
Who did Fritz Pollard coach for?
Fritz Pollard was the first African-American coach in the National Football League. He coached the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1920s.
Who was the first black head coach in SEC basketball history?
Wade Houston at Tennessee in 1989.
First black AFL coach?
Who was the first indigenous coach?
Who was the first black football coach?
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.
Was art shell the first black NFL head coach?
In the modern era, yes.Fritz Pollard was a player/coach of the 1921 Akron Pros and would be considered the first African American head coach in NFL history.
