2007-01-22 01:23:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
The Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series in 1992 & 1993 with a black manager. I believe Bill Russell was the first black coach (albeit a player-coach) to win the NBA title
2007-01-22 02:34:03 · answer #1 · answered by big6boss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Russell was the first black head coach to win an NBA title with the Celtics.
2007-01-22 09:51:40 · answer #2 · answered by Gary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clarence Edwin "Cito" Gaston (born March 17, 1944 in San Antonio, Texas) is a former outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball best known for managing the Toronto Blue Jays to their first two World Series championships in 1992 and 1993. He, along with Dusty Baker, are the only African American managers to have led a team to a World Series, wtih Gaston being the only one to have won.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cito_Gaston
2007-01-22 09:29:19 · answer #3 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋