In 2006, the NCAA created the Minority Coaches Forum.
In 2016, South Carolina offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon attended the annual event, which was designed to increase opportunities for minorities at the highest levels of college football coaching and had changed its name to the Champions Forum.
In 2018, there is one Power 5 football school that has an African-American coordinating both its offense and its defense, and that’s the Gamecocks.
“I had no idea, but it’s not about skin color,” South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp said. “It’s about what kind of football coach they are.