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It is truly unfortunate that in a league that is overwhelmingly Black that few are willing to publicly articulate the fact that the path to an increase in Black head coaches was problematized with this alteration and more than likely will never be paved over until there are a substantial number of Black owners in the league.
African american, talks about the lack of position as it relates to defensive coordinators, offensive coordinators, quarterback coaches, et cetera, and so this is really and gives a historical foundation with officiating, in regards to art shell in 1989, the first african american, and when you look at issues of proof, the numbers seem to really suggest that there's a problem here. it also speaks to the issue of the rooney rule which was enacted in the last 20 years to ensure at least head coaches were being interviewed by teams and requiring that and talking about mr. brian flores, with respe...
Hiring a very diverse -- sometimes up to 30 coaches on your staff. it's not for someone to just step off the field and walk into. so, the nba has made great strides. the nfl is not there yet. i do think they're starting to make some strides. when you look at the pool of black defensive coordinator and offensive coordinators and special teams coaches and black quarterback coaches, which used to be none. now there's at least four. it gives you the -- it gives you the belief that some change is coming, but it might be a little bit more than a one- or two-year fix. it's probably somewhat closer to...
It is also a more difficult job. instead of, you know, watch -- worrying about 15 guys, you are worried about 53 active man rosters or 16 practice squads, not to mention the low gistics of hiring a very diverse, sometimes up to 30 coaches on your staff and it's not for someone to just step off the field and walk into. so the nba has made great strides. they are up to 43% of black coaches. the nfl is not there, yet. but i do think they are starting to make some strides when you look at the pool of black defensive coordinators and offensive coordinators and special teams' coaches and black quart...
What, the offensive coordinators are suddenly getting all of the head coaching hires these days. slightly better among defensive coordinators. still though, two to one basically white to nonwhite whel when it comes to those. and then look at coaches overall, one of the problems here for coaches of color is they don't have family ties in the league. of the 792 coaches, basically more than 10% of them have relatives, are related to other coaches in the nfl. and look at head coaches. a third of head coaches are related to other coaches. as you know, one of the coaches is the grandson -- in the su...