...school hadn't announced the move. Gill, who was 20-30 in four years with the Bulls, becomes Kansas' first black head football coach. He takes over for Mark Mangino , who resigned Dec. 3 after a two-week investigation into his treatment...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - One new Southeastern Conference football coach has won barely one-fifth of his games as a head man. Another managed a 25 percent clip.

...Croom resigned from Mississippi State on Saturday, five years after becoming the Southeastern Conference's first black head football coach. Croom announced the decision after meeting with athletic director Greg Byrne. It came less than 24 hours...

...of Alabama and having coached the Mississippi State football team to this win," said Croom, the SEC's first black head football coach. Croom interviewed for the Alabama head coaching job in 2003, but the Tide hired current coach Mike Shula...

...game marks the start of a historic season - and the end of a preseason whirlwind - for Croom. The SEC's first black head football coach, Croom had been an assistant in college and the pros since 1977. Last year, he was a finalist for the job...

...opponent see you are tired. That's when they know they've got you. That's when you are beat." The first black head football coach in league history, Croom has been hesitant to speak of his significance. He gave a succinct response when...

...accepted an offer Monday to become Mississippi State's coach, making the Green Bay Packers' assistant the first black head football coach in Southeastern Conference history. The school announced Croom's decision in a release posted on its Web...

...greater as time goes by." The hiring was also historically notable because Phillips becomes Kentucky's first black head football coach and the second in the Southeastern Conference. First-year black head coaches now lead all three of the...

...Dorrell, Buffalo's Turner Gill, Kansas State's Ron Prince and Washington's Tyrone Willingham. The first black head football coach for the Hurricanes shrugged off such milestones. "I'm a ball coach. I don't think it has anything to...

...against Florida, and had given no indication it could even be competitive with the Gators. But Croom, the first black head football coach in SEC history, and the Bulldogs pulled out a victory that will undoubtedly go down as one of the most surprising...