While Bruce Arians entered the largest stage as head coach late in his professional career, he also used that platform to be an advocate—for football broadly, and for quality football minds wherever they may be found. He has added multiple women to his coaching staff, and has hired black men to all three coordinator positions.
On his way out, he advocated for the promotion of his defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles, to succeed him as head coach. But he hasn’t stopped pushing for his offensive coordinator, Byron Leftwich, either, whom he has vouched for in recent years as a head coaching candidate.