The NCAA has invited 19 football coaches to its 2011 Expert Forum in an effort to address the critical shortage of ethnic minorities in head football coaching positions

Eleven of those coaches come from HBCUs.  The forum is designed to help with career advancement, exposure and networking opportunities within the NCAA membership.

The 11 HBCU coaches are:

    Steven Aycock, head coach, Johnson C. Smith University
    Dwayne Foster, assistant head coach/recruiting coordinator/offensive line, North Carolina Central University
    Jermaine Gales, offensive coordinator, St. Augustine’s College
    Kevin Grisby, defensive coordinator, Virginia Union University
    Jerry Mack, offensive coordinator, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
    John Morgan Jr., defensive coordinator, North Carolina Central University
    Dawson Odums, assistant head coach/defensive line, Southern University
    John Pearce, assistant coach, Prairie View A&M University
    Kelvin Powell, defensive coordinator, Clark Atlanta University
    Antone Sewell, defensive coordinator, Bowie State University
    Terry Sims, assistant head coach/special teams coordinator and safeties, Bethune-Cookman University

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