NFL still facing tough questions on minority hiring

Steve Wilks not getting the Carolina Panthers' head coaching job is raising even more questions about the NFL's diversity hiring.

Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1) - LinkedIn

The biggest sports league in history had a problem: While most of its players were Black, almost none of its head coaches were.

The Rooney Suggestion: How the “Rule” Has Failed to Defeat ...

[11] The report analyzed NFL teams' hiring and firing practices over the previous fifteen seasons. Its findings showed statistically significant evidence that ...

[PFT] The Rooney Rule doesn't work. Eventually, its mere existence ...

We have more minority assistant coaches than ever, and it's still not translating to head coaching jobs. I think that's going to change, and the ...

Investigation looks into lack of opportunities for Black NFL coaches

But for Black coaches, last week brought negative news and tough questions about the league's record on hiring for top spots. Michael Lee of ...

NFL's nepotism problem stunts coaching diversity. Here's how.

Conversely, it leads to bad hires, cronyism and can create a blockade for coaches of color. “We still battle nepotism,” NFL executive vice ...

[Keefer] Minority coaching candidates have long alleged the Rooney ...

The Rooney rule is the lowest of bars. All you have to do is consider a minority candidate. Yet the NFL is so entrenched that they're tripping ...

NFL faces legal challenge over 'racist' Rooney Rule

Demaurice Smith, a former executive director for the NFL Players' Association, wrote last year that teams are putting minority candidates ...

Examining Legal Challenges to the NFL's Rooney Rule

According to a statement from the NFL in 2020, the rule was expanded to require teams to interview at least two external minority candidates for ...

The tricky question of Mike McDaniel's minority hire status

How is it possible that Eric Bieniemy has never been an NFL head coach despite an elite resume? It doesn't make sense that highly respected ...

Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2) - Freakonomics

We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to N.F.L. players earlier, and encourage all to speak out and peacefully ...

How NFL teams use Black coaches to clean up their messes

This football season, The Washington Post is examining the NFL's decades-long failure to equitably promote Black coaches to top jobs despite the multibillion- ...

2022 NFL head coach hires: Exploring the results of another cycle ...

Plenty of time and brainpower have been spent formulating ways to improve the chances for more minorities to join the head-coaching ranks, and ...

In the N.F.L. and at Big Companies, Diversity Playbooks Face Hurdles

The league's successes and struggles are playing out in hundreds of companies that have emulated its Rooney Rule in trying to hire more people from ...

Roger Goodell expected to face tough questions over alleged NFL ...

At last year's news conference preceding Super Bowl LV, Goodell noted minority coaches were selected for two of the seven available head coaching jobs and said ...

Why the NFL's Rooney Rule is failing at hiring more coaches of color

... still few minorities in head coaching positions ... 9 game against the New England Patriots at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.

603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1) - YouTube

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Data show how bad the NFL's racial equality problem is among ...

A look into the past 10 years of the NFL's hiring for leadership positions raises questions about racial bias and nepotism.

Will The NFL Be Sued For Race Discrimination Against Black ...

If your average NFL team were like many other large companies and had the lack of diversity they do, these companies would have been hit by ...

Rooney Rule under legal scrutiny as DEI pushback accelerates

“It is abundantly clear that the NFL and its member teams do indeed limit, segregate, or classify their employees or applicants for employment ...