ISU Coaching Changes Raise Diversity Concerns
\nStudents Say Diversity Is Important To Minority Students<\/p>\n
DES MOINES, Iowa — Two recent coaching changes at Iowa State University are raising some concerns about diversity at the Ames campus.<\/p>\n
It only took Iowa State University four days to find a replacement for men’s basketball coach Wayne Morgan.<\/p>\n
Two weeks later, the athletic department announced a new wrestling coach on the same day that Bobby Douglas said he was retiring.<\/p>\n
The abruptness of the two changes has raised some concern on campus.<\/p>\n
“It just kind of made me think about how the school is running things and if they even considered hiring someone of a minority, “said TiAnn Taylor, an ISU junior.<\/p>\n
Taylor and Brandon Davis, an ISU senior, say diversity is an issue that’s important to all minority students on campus.<\/p>\n
The students question whether race was considered during the hiring process.<\/p>\n
“I feel race wasn’t necessarily a motivating issue, but because race is involved, it is something that being a university on the state level, a public university, that it is something that they need to consider when making decisions like this, “Davis said.<\/p>\n
University spokesman John McCarroll said ISU President Gregory Geoffroy did grant a waiver for the athletic director to bypass the normal search process.<\/p>\n
“When you replace two African-American men with white men, people are going to ask the question. We understand that. I believe Jamie Pollard has made it clear that certainly race was not a factor in these coaching decisions, “McCarroll said.<\/p>\n
McCarroll said the university felt the two candidates on the list for head basketball coach created a diverse pool.<\/p>\n
“The assistant vice president for Iowa State responsible for those issues was aware of that and agreed that that was appropriate because of diversity is very much a consideration, “McCarroll said.<\/p>\n
University officials said the athletic department was also granted a waiver for the wrestling coach position.<\/p>\n
Because several other universities were looking for a new wrestling coach, Iowa State said it didn’t want to waste any time and possibly lose Cael Sanderson to another school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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