NFL to consider changes to Rooney Rule

The NFL’s Rooney Rule again drew scrutiny during a hiring period that featured one of the five head coaching positions filled by a minority candidate, and the league will examine the rule. In place since 2003, the rule mandates NFL teams interview at least one minority candidate for head-coaching positions. In 2019, that resulted in just one of the eight available coaching jobs going to a minority candidate (Miami’s Brian Flores). This year, Ron Rivera‘s Redskins hire doubled as the only non-white coach to fill one of the five vacancies. “I think where we are right now, is not where we want to be, not where we need to be,” Steelers owner Art Rooney II said, via NFL.com’s Steve Wyche. “We need to take a step back and look at what’s happening with our hiring processes.” The Browns, Cowboys, Giants and Panthers opted for white candidates during this year’s coaching cycle. In 2018, eight teams employed minority head coaches. That number is down to three, the same number as when the Rooney Rule was created in 200

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