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This year’s NFL playoffs will feature a record number of Black men who have thrived in leadership positions they rarely had the opportunity to hold in previous generations. Three Black head coaches have reached the playoffs — Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles and Houston’s DeMeco Ryans. Miami coach Mike McDaniel, who has a Black father and identifies as biracial, also is in the playoffs.

So here we are Raider Nation Week 16 2023. We have Interim Head Coach Antonio Pierce who is 3-3 in his debut. If the Raiders win out with help from opponents of the Texans and Bengals in weeks...

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis fired coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler on Halloween night. Davis then made history by naming Antonio Pierce as the interim coach and Champ Kelly as the acting GM. Those actions made the Raiders the first NFL team in which Black people occupied the three key leadership positions of head coach, GM and president. Team president Sandra Douglass Morgan is one of the few women in authority in the league. Kelly notes that the Raiders have long been a leader in diversity in the NFL.

Coach, GM and president. Three key leadership positions in the Las Vegas Raiders organization are held by Black people, and it's a responsibility they don't take lightly.

When Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis fired coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler on Halloween night, he also made history by naming Antonio Pierce as the interim coach and Champ Kelly as the acting GM. Team president Sandra Douglass Morgan is one of the few women in authority in the league.