Maryland head coach Mike Locksley has formed the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches to help increase minority hiring in college and professional football.
Locksley, 50, founded the coalition due to his disappointment over the low numbers of minority coaches hired in the sport. According to its website, the nonprofit group will look to "remove the roadblocks to coaching opportunities for minorities through innovative programming, networking and first of its kind promotion strategies."
"When I took the Maryland job last year and looked at the landscape of college football, I thought to myself, 'There's something missing.