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The first African American Division 1 head football coach was Willie Jeffries at Wichita State in 1979.
Eddie Robinson Coach John Gagliardi Division 3 has 471 Coach Eddie Robinson Division 2 has 408 Coach Bobby Bowden Division 1 (major college teams) has 377
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.
Pat Fitzgerald is the youngest person to ever become a head coach in NCAA Division 1-A history. He was just 31 when he became the head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats football team in 2006.
At the age of 26 Vince started his coaching career as Assistant coach for the freshman team at St. Cecilia high school. He then took over the head coaching position three years later. After a long wait of six years he was promoted assistant coach of the varsity football team.