Racial discrimination in the coaching labor market has garnered substantial attention among researchers; however, scholars have struggled to empirically answer the question of why these disparities exist. The stacking of players into certain positions based on race in football substantially impacts future coaching candidate pools, as studies consistently find that incumbents of central positions experience more upward mobility in their careers. The purpose of the present study is to identify factors that allow coaches to make lateral moves into central coaching positions, specifically focusing on race. Examining all lateral moves among position and assistant position coaches across 32 National Football League seasons, logistic regression results indicate that, holding central position playing experience constant, Black coaches are less likely to lateral move to coach central positions. Moreover, earlier and later in the sample period, minority head coaches were less likely to assign Black assistant coaches to coach central positions. In addition to race, a separate effect of central position playing experience exists, which further emphasizes the effect of racial stacking, resulting in Black coaches experiencing discrimination still emanating from their playing careers. Based on these findings, implications within and outside sport are discussed.

教练劳动力市场中的种族歧视引起了研究人员的广泛关注；然而，学者们一直在努力地凭经验回答这些差异为何存在的问题。根据足球比赛的不同，将球员聚集到某些位置会极大地影响未来的教练候选人池，因为研究不断发现，担任中心职位的人在其职业生涯中会经历更多的向上移动。本研究的目的是确定允许教练横向移动到中央教练位置的因素，尤其是针对种族。通过检查32个国家足球联赛赛季中位置和助理位置教练之间的所有横向移动，逻辑回归结果表明，在保持中心位置比赛经验不变的情况下，黑人教练不太可能横向转移到教练的中央位置。此外，在样本期间的前后，少数族裔的主教练不太可能将黑人助理教练分配给中央教练。除种族外，还存在中心位置比赛经验的单独影响，这进一步强调了种族堆叠的影响，导致黑人教练在其职业生涯中仍遭受歧视。基于这些发现，讨论了运动内部和外部的含义。这进一步强调了种族堆叠的影响，导致黑人教练在其职业生涯中仍遭受歧视。基于这些发现，讨论了运动内部和外部的含义。这进一步强调了种族堆叠的影响，导致黑人教练在其职业生涯中仍遭受歧视。基于这些发现，讨论了运动内部和外部的含义。