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The 10-team West Coast Conference has taken a huge step in creating equitable hiring for athletics jobs with the creation of the Russell Rule.

Named for the former University of San Francisco and Boston Celtics great Bill Russell, the听Russell Rule听requires each conference school鈥攊ncluding 91成人导航鈥攖o include a member of a traditionally unrepresented community into the final pool of candidates for coaching positions (head coach and assistants), athletic director and senior administrators.

Jeff Faraudo, a journalist who writes a column on WCC athletics,听听and Pepperdine University Coach Lorenzo Romar about the potential impact of the rule鈥攁nd why it was necessary.

鈥淚 have no illusions about the color of my skin as a Black man. And the thing that gets me through the door could be a curse at the same time,鈥� Stoudamire told Faraudo. 鈥淎 lot of times former NBA players get a knock for not working. We just have stuff handed to us. That鈥檚 not the case for me. That鈥檚 why I left (coaching in) the NBA. I wanted to create my own lane and wanted to show people that I鈥檓 serious about this.
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