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    NFL Owners Have a Problem With Coaches of Color

    League policy requires teams to interview minority candidates for top jobs, but one rule doesn’t make up for deep-seated prejudice.
    by Jemele Hill Jan 11, 2020 6 minutes
    Source: Jonathan Bachman / Getty

    This article was updated at 7:35 p.m. ET on January 11, 2020

    Last month, a nonprofit think tank published a study about the black experience in corporate America, and the results were what one might expect. Black professionals largely feel invisible, receive less support from upper management than their white counterparts do, often experience subtle and overt racism on the job, and are discouraged by the lack of opportunities for advancement.

    Had the Center for Talent Innovation surveyed black coaches who hope to be head coaches in professional football someday, the researchers would probably find the exact same problems.

    Currently, only three of the NFL’s 32 teams have black head coaches. In the past three years, 19 head-coaching positions were available, but just two black coaches filled those openings.

    This hiring cycle has been particularly cruel to black coaches. Five head-coaching jobs were available, and so far, not one has gone to a black candidate. (The Cleveland Browns are the only franchise still looking for a head coach.) Year after year, the hiring pattern shows the

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