Every year, the NFL’s head coach hiring cycles seems to expand its pool of minority candidates interviewed without expanding its percentage of minority coaching hires. The most recent hiring cycle was no exception, and the primary argument that has formulated of late, both by advocates and opponents of diversity measures, is the simple reality that there is not a steady pipeline of minority coaches on the offensive side of the ball.
The NFL is working to address that, adopting a resolution this year that will require all teams (who do not already have one) to employ one “diverse person” (either a woman or a person of a minority ethnicity) to an assistant offensive coaching position, which will work closely with the head coach and offensive staff.