21.  But when those people are black coaches, the reasons just seem to multiply and then slip under a magnifying glass.

22.  By contrast, college basketball has had a tradition of iconic black coaches like John Thompson.

23.  But until Perry, there had been no black coaches since World War II.

24.  Consider that even the counterculture XFL already has done better with two black coaches among eight teams in its first season.

25.  Dungy has hired five black assistants, giving the Bucs the greatest number of black coaches on any pro team at any time.

26.  Dungy is the only black on the eight-man panel and that infuriated some black coaches.

27.  Dungy becomes the fourth black coach in the modern era of the NFL and the third active black head coach in the league.

28.  Edwards and Lewis are two examples of how things appear to have changed for black coaches seeking top jobs in the NFL.

29.  First, some black coaches say they have to do what white coaches looking for a head coaching job must accomplish, which is simply do their jobs well.

30.  Green suddenly has an opportunity to do for other black coaches what Doug Williams did for other black quarterbacks.