Since the women’s N.C.A.A. tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1994, only two Final Four teams have been coached by Black men: the 2016 Syracuse team, led by Quentin Hillsman, and this year’s Virginia Tech team, coached by Kenny Brooks.
More and more Black women have joined the head coaching ranks in Division I women’s basketball, jumping from 47 in the 2011-12 season to 73 in 2021-22, the most recent year for which N.C.A.A. demographics data is available. But the numbers for Black men have stayed roughly the same: from 24 in 2011-12 to 27 in 2021-22, or roughly 8 percent of Division I coaches.