Job Tenure Among NFL Head Coaches: Does Race Make A Difference?

In 2003, the National Football League (NFL) adopted the Rooney Rule (so named after the then-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers) to deal with the lack of minority hiring of head coaches. The Rooney Rule requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate whenever there is a head coach vacancy....

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Published inAtlantic economic journal Vol. 50; no. 3-4; pp. 183 - 185
Main Authors Kirkpatrick, Grace K., Sommers, Paul M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.12.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Age
Anthology
Black people
Candidates
Class action lawsuits
Coaching
Economics
Economics and Finance
Employment discrimination
Football
Hiring
International Economics
Litigation
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
Microeconomics
Public Finance
Race
Racial discrimination
Soccer
Teams
Tenure
J71
L83
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Summary:In 2003, the National Football League (NFL) adopted the Rooney Rule (so named after the then-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers) to deal with the lack of minority hiring of head coaches. The Rooney Rule requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate whenever there is a head coach vacancy. Between 1992 and 2002, the percentage of Black head coaches varied from 6.25 percent (2002) to 12.5 percent (1996); the 11-year average was 9.8 percent. Between 2003 and 2021, the percentage of Black head coaches varied from 8.82 percent (2021) to 28.59 percent (2011); the 19-year average was 17.0 percent. In 2021, there were only three Black head coaches, two of whom were fred at the end of the season. In February of 2022, one of the two (Brian Flores) fled a class action lawsuit against the NFL alleging racial discrimination in hiring.
ISSN:0197-4254
1573-9678
DOI:10.1007/s11293-022-09750-9