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Who Is Brian Flores?

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores‘ bombshell lawsuit accuses the NFL of racism in hiring coaches.

Currently, the NFL has just one Black head coach after years of expressing its desire to increase diversity in top sideline jobs.

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Flores is the son of Honduran immigrants to the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn.

He played linebacker at Boston College after attending Poly Prep, where he was a running back and linebacker from 1999 through 2002. An injury prevented him from playing in the NFL.

In 2004, at the age of 23, he joined the New England Patriots as a scouting assistant.