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Thus the Rooney Rule was implemented. Initially, it required that all NFL teams must interview at least one minority candidate for head coaching openings. Since its inception, the rule has ...

The Rooney Rule, which was adopted across the NFL in 2003, was a step in the right direction. It required teams to interview at least one person of color for head coaching positions.

The Rooney Rule officially went into effect for the 2003 season, roughly a year after Dungy and Green's firings. At the time it was implemented, Dungy and Edwards were the only minority coaches in ...

The Rooney Rule has been in place for more than two decades, but a Yale Law paper co-authored by DeMaurice Smith argues it's merely been a suggestion.

From Amazon to the New York Police Department, the NFL's Rooney Rule was adopted by some of the country's most powerful entities. But on its own, it's rarely effective.

In 2002, the year before the Rooney Rule was implemented, three NFL head coaches were minorities. Going into last season, 11 minorities were interim or full-time head coaches and five minorities ...

“The Rooney Rule is also not working because management is not doing the interviews in good-faith, and it therefore creates a stigma that interviews of Black candidates are only being done to ...

The Rooney Rule has resulted in 17 hirings of Black and other minority candidates to head coaching positions (not including interim positions) following its implementation: Marvin Lewis (Bengals ...

“The Rooney Rule is also not working because management is not doing the interviews in good-faith, and it therefore creates a stigma that interviews of Black candidates are only being done to ...

The NFL has used the so-called “Rooney Rule” since 2003. It’s under renewed scrutiny because ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores expressed skepticism about its effectiveness in the lawsuit ...

Since the Rooney Rule went into effect, the league has produced 10 Super Bowl teams led by a minority head coach or general manager. Keeping up that pace becomes tougher with fewer of them in the ...