Dallas Morning News tweet says Charlie Strong is not a ‘hip-hop coach’

Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports

The Texas Longhorns have officially announced that Charlie Strong is the new head coach via a statement on their website. The Dallas Morning News promoted a story about “10 things you might not know” about him post.

Nothing wrong with that except for the point they decided to attach to the story in their ill-advised tweet.

Why he’s not a hip-hop coach; 10 things you might not know about new Texas Longhorns coach Charlie Strong http://t.co/eVjSzNmYNb

— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) January 5, 2014

The tweet makes it sound like the Dallas Morning News assumes all black coaches are hip hop coaches. Apparently it is a quote from Lou Holtz included in one of the slides.

The slide’s caption reads:

Strong has coached under coaches who had national championship credentials, including Lou Holtz, Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer. Holtz hired Strong twice: at Notre Dame in 1995 and South Carolina in 1998.

“The thing that impressed me most was his attitude … his people skills and his ability to communicate,” Holtz told the Courtier-Journal. “I found as we went along that his greatest asset was common sense. He’s great with players … but he’s not a hip-hop coach. He really, truly could have coached for (Ohio State’s old-school taskmaster) Woody Hayes with no problem whatsoever.

[UPDATE:] The Dallas Morning News has tweeted a clarification:

Since many of you asked: If you read the quotes, Lou Holtz is the one quoted referring to charlie Strong as NOT “a hip-hop” coach — DMNSportsDay (@SportsDayDFW) January 5, 2014

Since many of you asked: If you read the quotes, Lou Holtz is the one quoted referring to charlie Strong as NOT “a hip-hop” coach

— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) January 5, 2014

Sorry we should have made it clear in the tweet: Lou Holtz who used the quote ‘hip-hop coach’ Read quote here: http://t.co/Ta4cA1RQ5V

— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) January 5, 2014

Hat tip:

Dallas Morning News wants to make sure we know Charlie Strong is not THAT kind of black coach. pic.twitter.com/PsnpVjrvLu

— Cork Gaines (@CorkGaines) January 5, 2014

Topics: Texas Longhorns

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Cotton_Mcknight

Big deal. Holtz simply meant that he is old school, as in, he could have coached with Lombardi or one of those guys. “Hip hop” in this case simply means that Strong is not going for the latest fads, and he doesn’t lack a solid background. He is a fundamentally sound coach. That’s all that means.