The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida gave the a B-plus grade for racial hiring and a C for gender hiring, while the NFL league office was given an A-plus in racial hiring and a B in gender hiring, per the .
NFL teams received a D-plus grade for racial hiring in head coaches, however, with only four minority head coaches (Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin,Washington's Ron Rivera, the Los Angeles Chargers' Anthony Lynn andMiami's Brian Flores) and two minority interim head coaches (Houston's Romeo Crennel and Atlanta's Raheem Morris).
Additionally, teams were given a D in racial hiring for CEOs or presidents and an F in racial hiring for general managers (only Miami's Chris Grier and Cleveland's Andrew Berry opened the season as minority general managers).