Under pressure from civil rights advocates three years ago, the
NFL established a rule requiring teams to interview at least one
minority candidate before hiring a head coach.
But this year, the so-called "Rooney Rule" is being supplanted
by one of football's more time-honored tenets: If it works,
consider copying it.
In a breakthrough year for black coaches, the Chicago Bears' Lovie Smith and Cincinnati Bengals' Marvin Lewis led recently downtrodden teams to the playoffs. Tony Dungy's Indianapolis... ...more
NFL established a rule requiring teams to interview at least one
minority candidate before hiring a head coach.
But this year, the so-called "Rooney Rule" is being supplanted
by one of football's more time-honored tenets: If it works,
consider copying it.
In a breakthrough year for black coaches, the Chicago Bears' Lovie Smith and Cincinnati Bengals' Marvin Lewis led recently downtrodden teams to the playoffs. Tony Dungy's Indianapolis... ...more
