Floyd Keith Hiring Quotations

My sense is that the efforts being made by athletic directors (to interview and hire black candidates) have been more timely and complete. There is an improvement. ... But at the end of the day you have to be objective and measure this in wins and losses, and that's a bittersweet perspective. Hiring two coaches and increasing your total 66% just underscores how much distance we have to go.

We don't give favoritism just because an African-American was hired at the institution. That wouldn't qualify for what we're trying to do (by assessing the hiring process, not the outcome). That search probably could have been done better.

I still always get concerned about one-week hires. I see the situation at Colorado, and the next day the Boise State thing happens. If there's anything we've learned, it's that you have to show diversity and inclusion (in the hiring process).