What’s notable in 2020 is the dearth of minority candidates getting anything more than the league-mandated interview for head coaching vacancies
Since the end of the 2017 season, 18
NFL teams have made coaching changes. Two of that number, the
Arizona Cardinals and Cleveland Browns, have had three different head coaches in four years.
What’s notable in 2020 is the dearth of minority candidates getting anything more than the league-mandated interview for those vacancies. This week critics are pouncing after the
New York Giants hired Joe Judge, a little-known 38-year-old assistant for the New
England Patriots, as their new head coach. While experienced minority coaches like Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier and Miami Dolphins assistant head coach Jim Caldwell await serious consideration for a top position, less experienced (white) candidates like Judge are securing some of the game’s most coveted jobs.