![Chris Seward FILE - North Carolina State head coach Kevin Keatts directs the team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina, Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. “You just need opportunities,” said Keatts, who has led this year's Wolfpack to the program's first Final Four since 1983. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/46238fcc010f48ffa47a09403292f383/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - North Carolina State head coach Kevin Keatts directs the team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina, Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. “You just need opportunities,” said Keatts, who has led this year's Wolfpack to the program's first Final Four since 1983. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)
![Luis Alvarez FILE - Then-George Washington head coach Karl Hobbs gestures during the first half of an NCAA basketball game against Temple Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, in Washington. Hobbs is now an assistant coach at Georgia Tech. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a332fcd9a81e485d84d257e85a12d324/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Then-George Washington head coach Karl Hobbs gestures during the first half of an NCAA basketball game against Temple Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, in Washington. Hobbs is now an assistant coach at Georgia Tech. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
![Rogelio V. Solis FILE - Kentucky assistant coach James "Bruiser" Flint speaks with the players after stepping in for head coach John Calipari who was tossed out of an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b00e1b973f6f44d1a381c143babd5fa6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Kentucky assistant coach James "Bruiser" Flint speaks with the players after stepping in for head coach John Calipari who was tossed out of an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
![Nick Wass FILE - Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton watches his team during the second half of the Atlantic Coast Conference second round NCAA college basketball tournament game against Virginia Tech, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Washington. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/df3b190ea54e4a16b31d3587af3363e1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton watches his team during the second half of the Atlantic Coast Conference second round NCAA college basketball tournament game against Virginia Tech, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Washington. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
![Nick Wass FILE - Pittsburgh head coach Jeff Capel reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina in the semifinal round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Friday, March 15, 2024, in Washington. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/40a2c125f7d1438c80bde33b3de7e6d4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Pittsburgh head coach Jeff Capel reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina in the semifinal round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Friday, March 15, 2024, in Washington. Black coaches in the top six men's college basketball leagues are still facing a tough climb in going from assistant to the head job. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)