There were five black NFL head coaches at the end of the 2022 season. The Lions also had two playoff berths in four seasons, as compared to one playoff appearance in the previous 14 seasons. Emmitt Thomas Source:Getty Emmitt Thomas was named interim head coach of the Atlanta Falcons in the middle of the 2007 season after a sudden resignation left the position vacant. 4. True crime, in-depth interviews and more USA TODAY podcasts right here. Nancy Armour USA TODAY 0:00 1:51 The. Mike Tomlin, Brian Flores and David Culley are the three NFL coaches. Coaches[edit] Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2022 NFL season. He was fired 8 games into his third season and finished with a 3-36-1 record. When Stephen Ross Miami Dolphins fired Brian Flores on Monday, it sent shockwaves around the NFL. 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. He is a former NFL player whose professional career spanned from 1986 to 1993. Other active head coaches to have won a Super Bowl are Mike Tomlin, John Harbaugh, Pete Carroll, Mike McCarthy, Sean Payton, Doug Pederson, Andy Reid, and Sean McVay. Copyright 2023 Interactive One, LLC. He left the league with a 54-74 overall record. 12. MORE: The NFL Has A Major Black Head Coach Problem. 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. Do you remember what your initial thoughts were when you heard that this kind of thing was being implemented? Flores still has upcoming interviews for head coaching positions with at least two other teams, so, considering the public relations fiasco that his lawsuit is, chances are that pressure will result in him being hired. He can move to number one with success during the post-Ben Roethlisberger era. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski) Smith has been part of the Titans' staff since 2011 first as a quality control coach, then helping with tight ends, then coaching tight ends, and eventually replacing current Packers head coach Matt LaFleur as the team's offensive coordinator in 2019. 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. Jordan Greer is an NBA content producer for The Sporting News. 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? His teams won division titles four times and advanced to NFC Championship Games after the 1998 and 2000 seasons, the team wrote on its website. McDaniel, who identifies as biracial, was named the head coach of the Dolphins in February 2022. Emmitt Thomas was named interim head coach of theAtlanta Falcons in the middle of the 2007 season after a sudden resignation left the position vacant. Brian Flores, who used to be the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL claiming there is racial discrimination in the hiring process. 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. We might have you on the show. Jackson, who is the current coach of Grambling State, was the head coach of the Raiders (2011) and Browns (2016-2018). That is something that never seems to get noticed when we talk about the Rooney Rule. Eventually he became head coach of the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs in the 2000s. I'm James Brown. 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. He coached the Raiders from 1989-1994, then returned to the team for one season in 2006. During his entire head coaching career, his two teams combined for a record of 37-42-1 across five seasons including going 1-2-0 in the playoffs, according to the Pro Football History website. That certainly lines up with what Flores lawsuit is alleging. But as we see now, just like anything, people that have children and even to yourself, when someone says you have to do something, you're obviously automatically going to have a bias towards it. Morris, who is the current defensive coordinator of the Rams, served as the head coach of the Buccaneers (2009-2011) and Falcons (2020). He was replaced by Vic Fangio who was fired on Sunday. newsone.com. Tomlin has been the coach of the Steelers since 2007, making him the second-longest tenured coach in the NFL behind only Bill Belichick. Edwards was 10-6 in his first season and took the team to the second round of the playoffs. Crennel was 6-10 in his first season and lasted four years in Cleveland with a 24-20 record. The next year he was fired after starting the season 5-10. 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. Specifically, Flores claims hes had multiple incidents of racial discrimination that involved several teams, as well as coaches and executives around the league. He is the current running backs coach for the Dolphins. Edwards spent eight seasons as a head coach in the NFL, running the Jets (2001-2005) and Chiefs (2006-2008). He has a 3-3 overall record through Week 6 of the 2022 season. 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. Nonetheless, Mr. Caldwell was fired the day after his fourth season.. A complete timeline of Black coaches, past and present, largely declined to hire those candidates, What happened to Brian Flores? Nonetheless, Mr. Caldwell was fired the day after his fourth season.. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. I think a lot of it is the underpinning of a lot of the reporting that we've done, which is just unconscious bias. He was named the Sporting News Coach of the Year in 1995. He was replaced by Adam Gase, a guy that went 9-23 in two seasons. Anthony Lynn, who is black, went from running backs coach directly to head coach. Mel Tucker was named the interim head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars for the final five games of the 2011 season. 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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. | Source: Wesley Hitt / Getty. Wilkes was not retained. Cliff Anderson (American football) Darren Arbet. He went 2-3 in those games. Robiskie was an interim head coach twice in his career, taking over for the Commanders in 2000 and Browns in 2004. In his three full seasons with the Vikings he compiled an 18-20 record and was eventually replaced by Mike Zimmer who was fired on Monday. Caldwell was brought in after the Jim Schwartz (gym shorts) era ended with 4-12 and 7-9 seasons. Tony Alford. Eric Studesville was the head coach for the Denver Broncos during the final four games of the 2010 season. That makes grand total of three in a 32-team league where 60% of players are Black. Caldwell took over for Dungy with ease as he posted a 14-2 record in his first season as the Colts made it all the way to Super Bowl XLIV where they were upset by Drew Brees and the Saints. 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 . Smith was hired in Chicago after the Bears were 7-9 the year before, with Smith going 5-11 in his first season. He looked at me crazy and he said, "Well, go to the bathroom." For so many reasons, DeMeco is everything we are looking for in a leader and coach for our organization, said Texans owner Cal McNair in a statement. Mel Tucker was named the interim head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars for the final five games of the 2011 season. 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. 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. Mostly, Pollard would see the work and sacrifice he and other Black coaches have made wasn't. Dungy was hired in Indianapolis after they went 6-10 before he arrived. So what's happening here? The franchise was founded in 1960 by Lamar Hunt and were known as the Dallas Texans when the team was located in Dallas, Texas. Mike Singletary was the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers for three seasons from 2008 to 2010. 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. In the text message, Belichick confirmed Daboll had already secured the job, but Flores had not yet interviewed for the position. We see coaches, as I mentioned, like Ron Rivera, Mike McDaniel, Robert Saleh, not exclusively African American. 2. Dirk Koetter replaced Smith and wasnt much better, as Tampa Bay didnt get good again until Bruce Arians showed up in 2019. Either way, Flores. Fewell was the interim head coach for the Bills in 2009 and Panthers in 2019. and over the next 13 seasons, which included seven years with the Indianapolis Colts, he racked up 148 total victories. I'll give you a quote from Bill Nunn, Hall of Fame scout from the Pittsburgh Steelers, the head personnel man for the 1974 draft that drafted four Hall of Famers is the gold standard of anybody in the personnel business. Smith was replaced by Marc Trestman who only lasted two seasons and had a losing record. 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? To date, he has a 162-93 record, is the youngest coach in league history to win a Super Bowl, has Pittsburgh in the playoffs for the tenth time in his tenure, and is the only coach in league history to begin his career with 15 straight non-losing seasons. "Brush my teeth?" Of the five head . Romeo Crennel was a head coach for four seasons with the Cleveland Browns from 2005 to 2008 and later for one season with the Houston Texans, according to the Pro Football History website. Who are the NFL's Black head coaches? 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 was replaced by Eric Mangini who was 23-26 in three seasons with only one playoff appearance. He was fired in September 2022. Sign up for NewsOne's email newsletter! Your email will be shared with praisephilly.com and subject to its. Arthur Smith, offensive coordinator, Tennessee Titans. If they could bring that character into our building, others would pick up on those same qualities. His career record is 92-90. Thomas was the Falcons head coach for just four games before the team decided to hire someone else for the job in the offseason. 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. Antonio Brown, Mike Wallace, JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Emmanuel Sanders. To be sure, the NFL has had more than 500 head coaches over the course of more than a century of competition. 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. 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. I think that might be part of the answer to why it exists, but I certainly don't think it's the entire answer. He is currently Michigan State's head coach. Not only minorities, but people that are the decision makers. There were five black NFL head coaches at the end of the 2022 season. In the text message, Belichick confirmed Daboll had already secured the job, but Flores had not yet interviewed for the position. After all, they may be musing, isnt the NFL disproportionately made up of Black players? and over the next 13 seasons, which included seven years with the Indianapolis Colts, he racked up 148 total victories. He's accusing teams including the New York Giants and Denver Broncos of conducting sham interviews with him last year. Well . Shell did his second and final stint as the head coach for the Raiders, as he only lasted one year after posting a 2-14 record. This transcript was automatically generated, and then edited for clarity in its current form. 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. 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. Tony Dungy led the Bucs to a Wild-Card Game. There are just SIX head coaches of color out of 32 in a league with a 70% non-white player base. During a nearly 40-year career coaching in the NFL, Robiskie was named an interim head coach twice once during the2000 season for the then-Washington Redskins and then during the 2004 season with the Cleveland Browns, according to the Pro Football History website. In all, Dungy has a head coaching record of 148-79-0 and won the regular season games he coached at a rate of nearly 70%, according to the pro football hall of fame website. If you look at solutions instead of just focused on the problem, that's where I think we all should be focusing our energy. And to Alexis Gustin and Shannon Ray Green for their production assistance. Owners and front office people who are in charge of hiring, they found loopholes in the rule. He served as the defensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins under then-head coach Brian Flores during the 2021 season. He served in the same double capacity with the Atlanta Falcons in 2020. He led the Oakland Raiders during the 2011 season and was the head coach for the Cleveland Browns from 2016 to 2018. There have been six head coaches of the Houston Texans, a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas, United States.The Texans play in the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).. The rule was named after Dan Rooney, then owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers. All Rights Reserved. Flores still has upcoming interviews for head coaching positions with at least two other teams, so, considering the public relations fiasco that his lawsuit is, chances are that pressure will result in him being hired. 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,, 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. The Vikings went 15-1 that season and racked up 556 points, which set an NFL record at the time.. Bowles, an Elizabeth, New Jersey, native, was the Jets' head coach . In his lone season as Kansas Citys head coach, he went 2-14 and was replaced by Andy Reid. After all, he'd led a Colts team in constant need of consistent . Thomas was the Falcons head coach for just four games before the team decided to hire someone else for the job in the offseason. Crennel showed up in Cleveland after a season in which Butch Davis and Robiskie led the Browns to a 4-12 campaign. Lynn was hired by the Los Angeles Chargers the following season and served in that capacity for four years through the 2020 season. The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) have had 13 head coaches in their franchise history. Here's what our USA TODAY Sports investigation found. That's Doug Whaley. That's USA Today's sports reporter Tyler Dragon, he's been writing about the NFL for close to a decade. Former NFL star DeMeco Ryans is the next Black man to ascend to the position of head coach in the NFL. 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. Crennel finished out the season with the interim tag and went 2-1. In the suit, Flores cites text messages from New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick, who said he believed he was contacting Brian Daboll, another coach interviewing for the New York Giants head coaching position. It was a positive thing. Like our content? 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). Just 25 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. On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast:5 Things Sunday Host James Brown explores the NFL's Rooney rule which requires teams to interview minority coaches and staff when positions like head coach, general manager, and coordinator positions open. 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. He compiled a 56-52 overall record, reaching the AFC Championship game in 1990. He served as the defensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins under then-head coach Brian Flores during the 2021 season. 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. 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. 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. 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. Image: Getty Images When Stephen. That certainly lines up with what Flores lawsuit is alleging. Del Alexander. Notably, Jackson responded to Flores lawsuit by claiming he was subjected to similar treatment described in the complaint. After announcing his retirement from coaching after the 2021 season, Payton has returned to the NFL and will be the Broncos' 19th head coach in franchise history. Also, what's your assistant coach set up? Maybe they're not doing it as well as others, but I think sometimes they get faulted unfairly for things. Copyright 2023 Interactive One, LLC. 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. He had a 131-122-3 record in 16 seasons and reached the playoffs seven times. The year before, Norv Turner was 4-12, and the year after Shell left, Lane Kiffin was 4-12 in his first season. I'm proud to report today, my classes are basically 50/50. The other part of it is I think from my view, there are more women in front offices now as well, and although a very small minority, more women in the coaching. 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." All three have had very successful careers while . Shane Steichen (left) and Jonathan Gannon will be among the top candidates in the next hiring cycle. Reich's firing after Week 9 was a bit of a surprise. Bowles was hired after Rex Ryans roller coaster ride with the Jets ended with a 4-12 finish in 2014. Must Black folks be head coaches too, critics might be wondering? The team relocated to Kansas City, Missouri and were renamed the Chiefs in 1963. One Black coach, 33 years after Art Shell broke the modern era head coaching color barrier with the Raiders. Fritz Pollard became the first Black head coach in NFL history after the Akron Pros appointed him as co-coach in 1921. After leading the Buffalo Bills for one season in 2016. He compiled a 34-32 record in four seasons and was replaced by Brandon Stanley. I'll break it down to even more simpler terms. Raheem Morris was an NFL head coach with two separate teams from 2009 to 2020, including leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2009 to 2011, with the first three seasons of that tenure including double-duty as the teams defensive coordinator. 1. Were they invited to lead your team? Podcasts: True crime, in-depth interviews and more USA TODAY podcasts right here. Having them sit in non-interview settings with the decision makers, presidents, and owners, everything I've talked about. Only one head coach in the last seven years. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/W1bXqGIfl0 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. Now-former Head Coach Brian Flores of the Miami Dolphins talks with an official during a game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on January 2, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. 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. 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.
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