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Rooney Rule success: 8 minority head coaches for 2017
By BARRY WILNER
Associated Press
The NFL will have eight
minority head coaches in
2017, tying the most for the
beginning of one season.
With the hirings of
Anthony Lynn by the
Chargers and Vance Joseph
by the Broncos, the eight
minority coaches will equal
the number in 2011.
Five of those men —
Marvin Lewis, Mike Tomlin,
Jim Caldwell, Hue Jackson
and Ron Rivera — remain
as head coaches, though
Caldwell has switched
from the Colts to the Lions,
and Jackson went from the
Raiders to the Browns. The
Jets’ Todd Bowles is the
other.
The 49ers are the only
team without a head coach.
Robert Gulliver, the
NFL’s chief human resources
officer, cites the effectiveness
of the Rooney Rule, which
mandates that teams inter-
view minority candidates
for coaching and general
manager positions. That rule
also has been extrapolated to
include other NFL jobs.
“The rule is firmly
embedded,” Gulliver said
Friday. “It makes us better.”
Hall of Fame coach Tony
Dungy agrees.
“To me, the Rooney Rule
is doing what it is supposed
to do,” Dungy said. “It’s not
just to interview minority
coaches, but to investigate
every candidate and make a
thorough list and highlight
the person who fits you.
“If you explore it and take
your time, you usually come
out with a good candidate.”
Perhaps most notable in
the process this winter has
been the rise to prominence of
assistant coaches who might
not have been among the
prime candidates mentioned
when the season ended.
Lynn, Joseph and the Rams’
Sean McVay — the youngest
head coach in modern NFL
history at age 30 — fall into
that category.
“When we created the
Rooney Rule in 2002-03,
what we were trying to do
was give guys who otherwise
got overlooked to get a
fighting chance,” explained
Cyrus Mehri, who co-wrote
the Rooney Rule and has
been a strong advocate of
minority hiring in pro foot-
ball, working closely with
the Fritz Pollard Alliance.
AP Photo/Bill Wippert, File
The San Diego Chargers hired Buffalo Bills assistant
coach Anthony Lynn as its newest head coach on Fri-
day, giving the NFL eight minority head coaches in
2017, tying the most for the beginning of one season.
“This hiring cycle has
been particularly special
because of the guys who
have worked hard to get
themselves in position to
compete, two guys got
selected, and now we are at
the highest number of clubs
that have” a minority head
coach.
“We are very happy about
that.”
If 2011 was a ground-
breaking year — three other
minorities finished that
season in charge of teams,
Mel Tucker in Jacksonville,
Romeo Crennel in Kansas
City, and Bowles in Miami
— Gulliver, Dungy and
Mehri are excited with how
2017 has begun.
Already in place are
minority general managers
Rick Smith in Houston, Jerry
Reese with the Giants, Ozzie
Newsome in Baltimore, Sashi
Brown in Cleveland, Reggie
McKenzie in Oakland and
Doug Whaley in Buffalo.
Most encouraging to
Gulliver is how the Rooney
Rule is being adopted in
other sports, businesses and,
as of last week, apparently by
the U.S. government.
Senate Minority Leader
Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)
is planning to urge his
fellow Democrats to adopt
the “Rooney Rule.” In the
Senate, Schumer wants
to ensure that at least one
minority applicant is consid-
ered for any open position.
“The more diverse the
Senate is, the better it can
serve the American people,”
Schumer said. “Expanding
the diversity initiative,
following the Rooney Rule,
and dedicating ourselves to
increasing diversity will be
good for the Senate and for
the country.”
Within the NFL, Gulliver
notes there are plenty more
opportunities for diversity.
“We continue to look for
opportunities to build on the
success of the Rooney Rule,”
he said.
“We’ve had a good
dialogue with the Fritz
Pollard Alliance and the
commissioner, talked about
the opportunity not only to
have a diverse candidate
slate for coaches and GMs,
but about the best practice to
have multiple diverse candi-
dates. We’ve talked about the
best practices being applied
to coordinator positions.”
A year ago, Commissioner
Roger Goodell announced
the extension of the rule for
gender applying for senior
level positions at the league
office. The NFL has encour-
aged the 32 teams to consider
that as a best practice, too.
“Forty-five percent of our
fans are women,” Gulliver
said, “so it only makes sense
for women to be involved in
all levels of our sport. It just
makes us better as an organi-
zation.”
Dungy, whose coaching
tree includes such successes
as Tomlin, Caldwell, Lovie
Smith and Herm Edwards,
was particularly uplifted by
this year’s coaching hires.
“The spirit behind the
Rooney Rule is very good
when the interview process is
executed properly,” he said.
“To foster diversity helps in
a lot of ways, and in the NFL
it allows you to get a better
and deeper pool of people
and then you can pick from
it. It only adds to the quality
of people hired.”
Steelers-Chiefs game moved to primetime because of ice storm
By DAVE SKRETTA
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
The AFC divisional playoff
game between the Steelers
and Chiefs on Sunday has
been moved from an early
afternoon kickoff to prime-
time because of an ice storm
due to hit the Kansas City
area this weekend.
The game was originally
scheduled to kick off at
12:05 p.m. Central time. It
will now start at 7:20 p.m. to
give road crews and public
safety officials more time to
treat roads and parking lots.
The forecast calls for
ice to move into the area
Friday, and persistent cold
temperatures
throughout
Saturday and Sunday. More
precipitation is expected
Sunday, though mostly in
the form of cold rain.
“We talked about all the
options. We talked about the
factors that went into making
the decision,” Chiefs pres-
ident Mark Donovan said,
but “it’s the Commissioner’s
decision.”
Donovan said he began
having
conversations
with the league office on
Wednesday,
when
the
forecast began to look dire.
Those discussions continued
Thursday, and he spoke
with commissioner Roger
Goodell on Friday morning,
at which point the league
decided to move the kickoff
time.
“This storm AFC Divisional Playoffs as the lead-in
has the poten-
for the Steel-
tial to be pretty
ers-Chiefs
damaging,”
game, which
Donovan said. Pittsburgh Kansas City will remain on
Chiefs
“We talked a Steelers
NBC.
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lot about the
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weather, what • Sunday, 5:20 p.m.
have already
the
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couple
of
It’s changed
home games
so much the last few days, in inclement weather this
we wanted to make sure season, including a frigid
we had the most up-to-date matchup with Tennessee in
information. But we also early December. The official
talked about the importance temperature at kickoff that
of making a decision quickly day was 1 degree, which
so we can prepare.”
tied the 1983 season finale
The time change means against Denver for coldest
the Packers-Cowboys game game in Arrowhead Stadium
scheduled to kick off at history.
3:40 p.m. Central time on
As if the cold, wet
Fox on Sunday will serve weather expected Sunday
night wasn’t bad enough, the
Chiefs decided to re-sod the
field between the hash marks
earlier this week, which
could leave a quagmire for
the game.
The Steelers are planning
to leave for Kansas City
earlier than normal on
Saturday to account for the
weather, though team offi-
cials did not specify when
they planned to arrive.
“The Steelers have been
monitoring the potential
storm near Kansas City
and fully support the NFL’s
decision to move the game
to Sunday night,” team
spokesman Burt Lauten said.
This isn’t the first time
they’ve dealt with time
changes, either.
In 2004, Ben Roeth-
lisberger’s first NFL start
against the Miami Dolphins
was delayed from an early
afternoon kickoff to a night
game because of Hurricane
Jeanne. The
hurricane
moved out by game time,
but a tropical depression
brought rain, wind and
muddy conditions for the
game.
Not surprisingly, the
hazardous weather has sent
ticket prices plummeting.
The game is expected to
be sold out, but tickets on
the secondary market were
available for about $50 in
the upper levels of Arrow-
head Stadium on Friday
afternoon, and lower-level
seats were about $100.
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