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“It was a disappointing hiring cycle for someone who watches it like I do.”
That’s Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin responding to the NFL’s lack of diversity in its head coaching ranks … and yeah, dude clearly ain’t too happy about it.
Remember, the NFL’s annual league meetings were last week … and the teams put most of their head coaches proudly on display — but there was one problem … the black representation was tiny.
Of course, Tomlin missed the photo … but so did 5 other white coaches — which only highlighted an issue Mike says the league needs to address sooner rather than later.
“It was a disappointing hiring cycle for someone who watches it like I do,” Tomlin told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette … “knowing some of the deserving men I do who I thought should have gotten an opportunity and didn’t.”
“But we’ll continue to work and fight for equality and opportunity.”
The NFL fired 8 head coaches this past season — including FIVE African Americans — but only hired one black one (Miami’s Brian Flores) when it replaced them.
That leaves the league currently with just THREE total black coaches … and that’s something that has Tomlin searching for answers.
“We’ll continue to fight for [equality within opportunity], not only in terms of head coaching searches, but maybe other areas of the profession as well.”
“I know there’s some discussions in the off-season regarding some of that.”