In 2005, he was criticized by some after a 48-10 loss to TCU when he said Air Force didn't have enough "Afro-American" players, who he singled out for being able to run well. DeBerry was reprimanded by top brass at the academy and offered a public apology.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2698568
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We had a thread about this guy awhile back because of an unfortunate incidence of candor, he made the mistake of honestly saying his team was
at a disadvantage sometimes when he had fewer A-A players on his squad than the competion.
And I remember that a couple of our normally really sharp posters, in a moment of going PC brain-dead, piled on the coach for claiming no such inequality of racial abilities could possibly exist.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2698568
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We had a thread about this guy awhile back because of an unfortunate incidence of candor, he made the mistake of honestly saying his team was
at a disadvantage sometimes when he had fewer A-A players on his squad than the competion.
And I remember that a couple of our normally really sharp posters, in a moment of going PC brain-dead, piled on the coach for claiming no such inequality of racial abilities could possibly exist.