There have been something like 16 head coaching vacancies opened within the past two hiring cycles in the NFL. Four of those positions went to minorities, including one black head coach who was fired after one season.
This has resulted in even proponents of the NFL’s Rooney Rule to turn against it, over the simple fact that it is not producing the intended results, which is to promote greater diversity in roles of leadership around the league. Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II, however, reiterated in speaking with Andrew Stockey of WTAE in an interview last night that he does see progress being made in other areas, even while acknowledging that the area in which that growth has lacked is what the original focus was.