Brian Flores’s legal team released a statement on Monday night on the Texans’ decision to hire Lovie Smith as the franchise’s new coach.
In the statement, attorneys Douglas Wigdor and John Elefterakis explained that Flores is “happy to hear” that Houston hired a Black head coach. However, they said that their client, who was a finalist for the Texans job, was not selected for the position because of his “decision to stand up against racial inequality across the NFL.”
“Mr. Flores is happy to hear that the Texans have hired a Black head coach, Lovie Smith, as Mr.