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Published: December 22, 2007
OU football notebook
Sumlin: Minority coaches progressing Last week, the University of Houston named OU assistant Kevin Sumlin head coach, making him just the eighth minority coach in college football.

But even though that's less than 7 percent of college football coaches, Sumlin said he thinks college football is making progress.

"There's more pressure on schools to interview at least one minority candidate,” said Sumlin, who...

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