Two original founders of the NFL's Rooney Rule told ESPN they agree with commissioner Roger Goodell that the league's efforts on diversity are bearing fruit, but they say there's more work to do.

When it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion, President Donald Trump and his minions have it exactly backward. DEI ...

“That, I saw at least on the internet, seemed to spark a bit of outrage about skirting the Rooney Rule. And I do not think that’s what happened at all.” The reason New England was in the ...

Two original founders of the NFL's Rooney Rule told ESPN they agree with commissioner Roger Goodell that the league's efforts on diversity are bearing fruit, but they say there's more work to do.

The San Francisco 49ers have promoted assistant Klay Kubiak into the offensive coordinator role that had been vacant the past ...

Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 3, 2025 Despite negative publicity, Goodell believes the Rooney Rule is still an effective process for hiring candidates. The Rooney Rule, which was created ...

To address the lack of Black head coaches, the NFL enacted in 2003 what is known as the Rooney Rule, a hiring practice named after Dan Rooney, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers who sat on ...

You also have more than a few African American coaching candidates frustrated in the shadows with the 23-year-old Rooney Rule, which requires NFL teams to interview a certain amount of minority ...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said this week that the Rooney Rule and other DEI efforts "make the NFL better" but two men who helped write the rule say a paucity of Black offensive coordinators ...