Yesterday, I talked about the Rooney Rule a bit and how it came to be 12 years ago, noting the Pittsburgh Steelers’ role in implementing it and in their track record for employing minority coaches. In addition to head coach Mike Tomlin, the Steelers coaching staff includes six other minority coaches.
Of course, the Rooney Rule only applies to the head coaching position, as well as front office senior football operations positions, and not to coordinator or position coach job openings. That is, in fact, what many regard as one of the shortcomings of the Rooney Rule, and perhaps its next frontier.