There's also disparities in the type of coaching roles black coaches are hired for. Hue Jackson was an NFL head coach with two franchises for four seasons. Anytime you have to implement a rule to interview a black head coaching candidate or a minority head coaching candidate, that's admitting there's a problem. With all the controversy surrounding the NFL and its alleged efforts at diversifying head coaching around the professional football league, its worth putting things in their proper perspective for folks who may be shrugging and wondering what the big deal is. He retired after the 2008 season and was replaced by Jim Caldwell who was the teams coach-in-waiting, in a rare occurrence of a team having back-to-back Black coaches. I think there's some basic qualities you look for. As the league becomes more driven by quarterbacks, coaching quarterbacks is becoming a fast track to becoming a head coach. In 1921, Coach Pollard became the first African-American head coach in the NFL, coaching the Akron Pros. Tyler Dragon, sports reporter at USA Today says things played out differently than expected. A more diverse pipeline could help down the road. 2. Smith was hired in Chicago after the Bears were 7-9 the year before, with Smith going 5-11 in his first season. For perspectives sake, the NFL entered Black History Month 2023 with just one single Black head coach despite its vow a decade earlier to increase diversity among its head and assistant coaches. No matter what you make, if I came in here and told you how to spend your money, what would you say? Can this person lead 20 coaches, 60, 70 players depending on practice squad, can they lead? For perspectives sake, the NFL entered Black History Month 2022 with just one single Black head coach despite its vow a decade earlier to increase diversity among its head and assistant coaches. Anthony Lynn was a head coach in the NFL for two teams over the course of five seasons. That makes grand total of three in a 32-team league where 60% of players are Black. If you look at solutions instead of just focused on the problem, that's where I think we all should be focusing our energy. In the text message, Belichick confirmed Daboll had already secured the job, but Flores had not yet interviewed for the position. Flores was replacing Adam Gase who was 23-25 in three seasons, as he went 24-25 in three seasons. He was then hired full-time and was 8-8 in his lone full season. The league in general is very tough because it's not like a lot of other industries where there's a criteria of how you get promoted. Brian Flores was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2019 through the 2021 season, after which he was fired. Reich's firing after Week 9 was a bit of a surprise. Is it because the NFL is an organization akin to slavery, like blacklisted free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick said after he was effectively excommunicated from the league following his silent kneeling protest to demonstrate against the police brutality of Black people? A lot of it is right place at the right time, a lot of it's knowing the right people, a lot of it is just hard work and accomplishments. Brian Flores, who used to be head coach of the Miami Dolphins, filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL claiming there is racial discrimination in the hiring process. 20 years ago, the NFL adopted a policy known as the Rooney Rule. The NFL wants more, or so . What's in it for interims? Marvin Lewis, who coached the Cincinnati Bengals for 16 seasons from 2003 to 2018, is among the current and former NFL coaches who have denounced the league for racial injustices and told NBC Sports that Black coaches have been getting sham interviews like those alleged by Brian Flores for years. Edwards was hired in Kansas City after the team went 10-6 in Dick Vermeils last season. John Allen (American football) Lamar Allen. The Pittsburgh Steelers' Mike Tomlin and the Tampa Buccaneers' Todd Bowles are the only current Black NFL head coaches. Either way, Flores. To be sure, the NFL has had more than 500 head coaches over the course of more than a century of competition. Crennel took the reins over in K.C. Morris, who is the current defensive coordinator of the Rams, served as the head coach of the Buccaneers (2009-2011) and Falcons (2020). Andrew Brandt agrees that the league has a long way to go and suggested similar programs to the one Whaley describes, but warned that the issue is complex and without easy answers. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/W1bXqGIfl0 All Rights Reserved. He went 11-21 in 32 games. Marvin Lewis, who coached the Cincinnati Bengals for 16 seasons from 2003 to 2018, is among the current and former NFL coaches who have denounced the league for racial injustices and told NBC Sports that Black coaches have been getting sham interviews like those alleged by Brian Flores for years. These days, he runs a sports law program at Villanova University and hosts the Business of Sports podcast. He coached the Raiders from 1989-1994, then returned to the team for one season in 2006. 12. I think a lot of it is the underpinning of a lot of the reporting that we've done, which is just unconscious bias. Contact The Promotions/Community Department, filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL claiming there is racial discrimination in the hiring process, the NFL is an organization akin to slavery,, Heres Every Black Head Coach In NFL History, According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame website, according to the Pro Football History website, according to the pro football hall of fame website, according to the Pro Football Reference website, coached the Cincinnati Bengals for 16 seasons from 2003 to 2018, named interim head coach of theAtlanta Falcons in the middle of the 2007 season, head coach of the San Francisco 49ers for three seasons, NFL head coach with two separate teams from 2009 to 2020, a leading candidate for the Minnesota Vikings head coaching vacancy, Leslie Frazier was the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 2010 to 2013, Frazier interviewed for the Chicago Bears head coaching job, head coach for the Denver Broncos during the final four games of the 2010 season, Todd Bowles was a head coach in the NFL for five seasons, NFL head coach with two franchises for four seasons, Jackson claims the Browns incentivized losing, Anthony Lynn was a head coach in the NFL for two teams, reportedly a candidate for the Miami Dolphins head coaching job, Brian Flores was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Herman Herm Edwards, largely seen as a mentor to many current and former NFL players, coached the New York Jets from 2001-2005 and the Kansas City Chiefs from 2006 to 2008, according to the Pro Football Reference website. Overall of the on field coaches in the NFL, it's something like 43% are coaches of color. When I started teaching seven, eight years ago, I'd have a class of 50 students, it'd be 47 guys and three girls. The Lions also had two playoff berths in four seasons, as compared to one playoff appearance in the previous 14 seasons. Jacksons second stint as an NFL head coach was atrocious as he was 1-31 in his first two seasons in Cleveland. As of the time that this list was published, Morris was seen as a leading candidate for the Minnesota Vikings head coaching vacancy. Thomas was the Falcons head coach for just four games before the team decided to hire someone else for the job in the offseason. Mike Tomlin, who, as of the time of this list being published, was the lone Black head coach in the NFL, has led the Pittsburgh Steelers for 15 seasons since 2007. It is what it is and that's the system, but that doesn't mean that it should keep perpetuating that system. Jim Caldwell has been head coach for two different NFL franchises: the Indianapolis Colts from 2009 to 2011 and the Detroit Lions from 2014 to 2017. You can just interview a black or minority head coach and know that you're not really going to hire them, you're just making sure you cross all your Ts and dot your Is before you make that hire of the white coach you want. He went 2-6 in eight games. Rhodes, a five-time Super Bowl champion as an assistant with the 49ers, had a 37-42-1 record as the head coach of the Eagles and Packers (1995-1999). Jackson claims the Browns incentivized losing while he was head coach in order to increase the teams odds in the NFL Draft. Must Black folks be head coaches too, critics might be wondering? This is the NFL, a place where Black coaches get treated like third-class citizens. I think that might be part of the answer to why it exists, but I certainly don't think it's the entire answer. In the meantime, keep reading to get familiar with the dozens of Black people who have worked as NFL head coaches in the leagues more than 100-year history. He compiled a 56-52 overall record, reaching the AFC Championship game in 1990. He was 41-44 in his tenure and took the Jets to the postseason in three of his five seasons. According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame website, During his pro football career the two-time All-America played and sometimes coached for four different NFL teams, the Pros/Indians (1920-21/1925-26), the Milwaukee Badgers (1922), the Hammond Pros (1923, 1925), and the Providence Steam Roller (1925)., It also added: In 1928, Pollard organized and coached the Chicago Black Hawks, an all-African American professional team based in the Windy City.. After serving as defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills in 2021, Frazier interviewed for the Chicago Bears head coaching job. MORE: The NFL Has A Major Black Head Coach Problem. And what goes into hiring a head coach? Nonetheless, Mr. Caldwell was fired the day after his fourth season.. This revelation meant Flores upcoming interview with the Giants was a sham because they had already hired their next head coach, who is not Black. We might have you on the show. Of the five head . Either way, Flores. Mel Tucker was named the interim head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars for the final five games of the 2011 season. Wilks is the current interim head coach of the Panthers, but he got his first shot at the top job with the Cardinals, going 3-13 in 2018. Fritz Pollard became the first Black head coach in NFL history after the Akron Pros appointed him as co-coach in 1921. Fritz Pollard. The franchise was founded in 1960 by Lamar Hunt and were known as the Dallas Texans when the team was located in Dallas, Texas. He lasted three years in Indianapolis (2009-2011) before getting another opportunity in Detroit (2014-2017). Todd Bowles was a head coach in the NFL for five seasons, beginning with the Miami Dolphins in the 2011 season and four other seasons leading the New York Jets from 2015 to 2018. I'm proud to report today, my classes are basically 50/50. Email me at jabrown@usatoday.com, or leave me a message at (585) 484-0339. Of course, that type of logic is counterproductive and completely beside the point, what with the new racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a former Black head coach and alleging that the NFLs ownership is colluding to keep teams head coaches as white as possible. Over a nearly 20-year career as a coach in the NFL, Leslie Frazier was the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 2010 to 2013. Vance Joseph, who was the head coach for the Denver Broncos for the 2017 and 2018 seasons and is reportedly a candidate for the Miami Dolphins head coaching job that was left vacant after Brian Flores was fired. The rule was expanded in 2009 to include general managers as well as other front-office positions. He was also a terrific running back, earning All-America honors in 1916 while playing for Brown University. There is an old boys network and there's a network where you're going to really protect and promote your own. But, if history is any indication and it is thats far from a guarantee. The following is a list of the top National Football League (NFL) head coaches in wins. During his entire head coaching career, his two teams combined for a record of 89-87-0 across eleven seasons including going 3-3-0 in the playoffs, according to the Pro Football History website. Copyright 2023 Interactive One, LLC. Frederick Pollard Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard Fritz Pollard was the first African-American football player to play at Brown University. And since America loves to ignore blatant racism unless they can watch it on video or it can be quantified into numbers, Deadspin took a look at the plight of Black coaches in the NFL over the last 20-plus years. Fritz Pollard became the first Black head coach in NFL history after the Akron Pros appointed him as co-coach in 1921. 1. Lovie Smith was a head coach with the Chicago Bears for eleven seasons from 2004 to 2012 before he was hired as thehead coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2014to2015. Green served as the head coach of the Vikings for 10 seasons (1992-2001), earning a playoff berth eight times. Revisiting Dolphins scandal, Pollard became the first Black coach in NFL history when he was named co-coach of the Akron Pros in 1921. The new wave of head-coaching hires in the NFL has seen a trend toward younger, offensive-minded leading men getting the top jobs. He was also named assistant head coach of the Jaguars for the 2012 season, according to the Pro Football History website. The year before, Norv Turner was 4-12, and the year after Shell left, Lane Kiffin was 4-12 in his first season. It seems like an impossible task to succeed when the most important position on your roster is in such flux. Yeah, if I bought something for a billion dollars, which is the minimum going price these days, I'd want to be able to hire who I want to hire is what I'm thinking is going through these owners heads. Dennis Greeen was the Vikings Head Coach from 1992 to 2001, and his 97 regular-season wins rank second in franchise history. Antonio Brown, Mike Wallace, JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Emmanuel Sanders. All Rights Reserved. Carolina's Steve Wilks latest Black coach thrust into challengingrole, A family affair: Nepotism and its networks fill many NFL coaching positions, NFL's path to top jobs still narrow, lengthy for coaches ofcolor, Often interviewed, never hired: How hot-shot NFL head coaching candidates go cold, As NFL coaching carousel starts to spin, advocates unsure how Black candidates will fare, What we learned: Four key findings from USA TODAY's analysis of NFL coaches, PODCAST: Exploring USA TODAY Sports NFL coaches project and previewing Week 4. Bowles went 10-6 in his first season and was 24-40 in his four years on the sidelines for the Jets. Tomlin has been the coach of the Steelers since 2007, making him the second-longest tenured coach in the NFL behind only Bill Belichick. He had a long career in the NFL working his way up through the Pittsburgh Steelers organization and eventually becoming the only black general manager in the 60-year history of the Buffalo Bills. Maybe they're not doing it as well as others, but I think sometimes they get faulted unfairly for things. Wilkes was not retained and Smith was fired. The Houston Texans announced this week that the organization hired Ryans on a six-year deal, making them the first NFL team to hire three consecutive Black coaches. Jackson only got one season to prove his worth with the Raiders after finishing 8-8 in a season in which the team started 7-4. Someone that has familiarity with your roster, a lot of our interview time was spent, what do you think of this player? Schad interviewed Herm Edwards, he played in the NFL in the seventies and eighties. Edwards was 10-6 in his first season and took the team to the second round of the playoffs. Just 24 of them have been Black. Tony Dungy has been coaching in the NFL for more than 40 years, including when he landed his first head coaching gig in 1996 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which he led for 13 seasons. After leading the Buffalo Bills for one season in 2016. After all, they may be musing, isnt the NFL disproportionately made up of Black players? Perry Fewell was the head coach of the Buffalo Bills for a single season in 2019. Interestingly enough, Caldwell was mentioned in Brian Flores lawsuit as an example of a Black NFL head coach who was fired in spite of the success he enjoyed. Lewis was hired by the Bengals after a 2-14 campaign. Jackson took over for Tom Cable, who went 8-8 in his final season with the team. Jackson claims the Browns incentivized losing while he was head coach in order to increase the teams odds in the NFL Draft. Tony Dungy led the Bucs to a Wild-Card Game. What's the setup of their operation? Ray Rhodes coached in various NFL capacities for nearly 40 years, including a five-year run as head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles and later with the Green Bay Packers. Specifically, Flores claims hes had multiple incidents of racial discrimination that involved several teams, as well as coaches and executives around the league. To be sure, the NFL has had more than 500 head coaches over the course of more than a century of competition. That is something that never seems to get noticed when we talk about the Rooney Rule. Frazier was the Vikings' coach from 2010-2013, leading Minnesota to its biggest single-season turnaround in franchise history (3-13 in 2011 to 10-6 in 2012). I think leadership's basic premise is can you get people to do things that they necessarily don't want to do just because of you? Must Black folks be head coaches too, critics might be wondering? Wilks didnt do a good job in his first season with the Cardinals, but well never know if it was a fluke or the norm, as it was also his only season in Arizona. And then I say, "Okay, well I'm not going to tell you how to spend your money, but I'm going to tell you before you spend your money, you have to go through this process." Sports news website the Ringer reported that Flores was not fired because of his coaching but rather because of his troubled relationship with team owner Stephen Ross, a supporter of former President Donald Trump who has refuted claims of racial discrimination. Thomas was the Falcons head coach for just four games before the team decided to hire someone else for the job in the offseason. Every week we take a concept or idea and go deep, and this week we talk about football, football coaches that is. 12. Hello, and welcome to Five Things. Copyright 2023 Interactive One, LLC. After all, he'd led a Colts team in constant need of consistent . He compiled a record of 21-32. If you like this show, write a review on Apple Podcast or wherever you're listening, and do me a favor, share it with a friend. Mike Tomlin, Brian Flores and David Culley are the three NFL coaches. Joseph, who is the current defensive coordinator of the Cardinals, coached the Broncos for two seasons (2017-2018). Dirk Koetter replaced Smith and wasnt much better, as Tampa Bay didnt get good again until Bruce Arians showed up in 2019. 1. He was also named assistant head coach of the Jaguars for the 2012 season, according to the Pro Football History website. Only one of five NFL head coaches hired this offseason was Black. Green made the playoffs in eight of 10 seasons in Minnesota, with his most memorable campaign coming in 1998. So all minorities, look for a mentor, but pay it forward by being a mentor. The league has even gone to such drastic measures as partnering with rap legend JAY Z in the name of entertainment and social justice as a way to help accomplish its evasive mission. Herman Herm Edwards, largely seen as a mentor to many current and former NFL players, coached the New York Jets from 2001-2005 and the Kansas City Chiefs from 2006 to 2008, according to the Pro Football Reference website.
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