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Rooney Rule helping minority coaching candidates
In a Dec. 19 meeting that took place at the NFL's main office in New York, the names of 10 or 11 minorities identified as viable candidates for head coaching jobs were submitted to a group that included Steelers chairman Dan Rooney.

Carson has a message
Hall of Fame middle linebacker Harry Carson read about Wayne Hulzenga saying that he would welcome suggestions from anyone with viable ideas on replacing Nick Saban as the next coach of the Dolphins.

NFL gaining in minority hires
In the four years since former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue formed a committee to address NFL minority hiring practices, the league Wednesday pointed to significant progress in its coaching ranks.

Advocate: Law Could Be 'Catalyst'
An attorney prominent in minority-hiring initiatives in the NFL sees Title VII as a potentially effective tool in efforts to increase the number of black head coaches in major-college football.

Black Coaches in the National Football League
Black Coaches in the National Football League: Superior Performance, Inferior Opportunities proves with empirical data what we have known anecdotally for years: head coaching opportunities in the NFL for blacks are simply not the same as for white coaches.