The NFL expanded the Rooney Rule to give more minority candidates opportunities to become a head coach and reward teams who develop them. More interviews didn t equal more hirings this offseason. According to an analysis of candidates known to have interviewed for seven head coach openings this month, 11 were minorities and 16 were white. Only two of the seven jobs went to minorities. Some consider it progress but most agree there s a long way to go. There s still work to be done in this area,
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Some consider it progress but most agree there’s a long way to go.
“There’s still work to be done in this area, no question about it,” Pittsburgh Steelers team president Art Rooney II said Thursday.
The Houston Texans hired David Culley this week, making the 65-year-old longtime assistant the league’s third Black head coach hired. The New York Jets previously hired Robert Saleh, the son of Lebanese immigrants and the first NFL head coach who is known to be Muslim.
Culley and Saleh join Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Miami’s Brian Flores and Washington’s Ron Rivera as the league’s only minority head coaches. In a sport where about 70% of the players are minorities, the lack of diversity among the head coaching ranks sticks out.
More interviews didn’t equal more hirings this offseason.
According to an analysis of candidates known to have interviewed for seven head coach openings this month, 11 were minorities and 16 were white. Only two of the seven jobs went to minorities.
Some consider it progress but most agree there’s a long way to go.
“There’s still work to be done in this area, no question about it,” Pittsburgh Steelers team president Art Rooney II said Thursday.
The Houston Texans hired David Culley this week, making the 65-year-old longtime assistant the league’s third Black head coach hired. The New York Jets previously hired Robert Saleh, the son of Lebanese immigrants and the first NFL head coach who is known to be Muslim.
Lions’ Brad Holmes proud to be among small group of Black GMs, hopes to inspire
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes First Day at Allen Park. (via the Detroit Lions).Detroit Lions
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ALLEN PARK Mel Holmes was an offensive lineman at North Carolina A&T, a historically Black college located in Greesnboro. He was so good that he became a fifth-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1971.
Then he arrived in Pittsburgh, and was told Black people shouldn’t be offensive linemen in the NFL.
“He shared with me the experiences of his struggles that he had to go through in different, let’s say, stereotypes regarding race because he was a Black offensive lineman,” his son, Brad Holmes, said this week. “He says, ‘When I was playing, people didn’t think that Blacks should be on the offensive line or the QB position.’”
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