The Rooney Rule, while well-intentioned, isn't fixing the problem. Instead, it leaves minority coaching candidates feeling like pawns.

The Atlanta Falcons hired Ian Cunningham from the Chicago Bears as their new general manager. Per the Rooney Rule, the Bears should receive 2 third round picks as compensation for the Bears losing a ...

MIAMI -- The NFL's Rooney Rule is well intended, and absolutely needed to encourage diversity in positions of power within a league that has admitted it has had, and still has discriminatory hiring ...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are moving steadily through the process of finding a new head coach. The team initially identified nine candidates, with possibly more. Several candidates have had ...

The NFL is expanding the Rooney Rule to cover a new position. From now on, all quarterback coaching vacancies will be subject to the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview at least one ...

As expected, Monday’s Super Bowl press conference from Commissioner Roger Goodell included multiple questions about the effectiveness of the league’s diversity policies, given a hiring cycle that ...

Texas is one of eight SEC schools without a Black head coach for a revenue-producing team sport.