Black Evansville-area coaches share why diversity matters in high school sports
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 25, 2024
EVANSVILLE — Jennifer Martin is familiar with many Black female high school coaches across the state.
She's met coaches from Indianapolis, Bloomington and Terre Haute while leading Bosse's girls track and field team, especially when they're all together for the state finals at Indiana University. However, she believes there is a lack of diversity among coaches across Southwestern Indiana and particularly within the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.
Evansville is the third-largest city in Indiana where 115,749 people called home in