For years, the “Rooney Rule” has stipulated that NFL teams must interview a minority candidate for head coaching and GM jobs. Now, Roger Goodell tells the Fritz Pollard Alliance that rule will informally extend to coordinator vacancies, Mark Maske of The Washington Post writes. The practice will apply to any team seeking to hire a coordinator with a head coach already in place. It will not apply to a team with an incoming head coach. 
“That wouldn’t be fair,” Pollard Alliance chairman John Wooten said. “I tell guys all the time that when you go in and interview [for a head coaching job], you should have your staff already together. But if there’s a situation where the head coach is already there, that’s when it would apply as a best practice.”
This has been installed as a best practice largely because coordinator jobs are often an entrée to head coaching positions. The Rooney Rule insures that a minority candidate has a chance at every head coaching gig and this new recommendation should help expand the pool of qualified candidates. As Maske notes, five of last year’s seven head coaching vacancies were filled by offensive coordinators.
Of course, there have been instances where minority candidates may have been interviewed only to satisfy the rule. Last year, Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin hinted that he felt two of his interviews were not “legitimate.”
I bet if this rule was applied to referees, there wouldn’t be so many excessive celebration and taunting penalties.
I bet you have no idea what you’re talking about.
^^^ THIS
Its too bad the best candidates cant get the job without rules like this. Its a complete waste of time and a slap in the face to force a team to interview another candidate when they may already have their guy chosen
That’s right! Make the NFL Great Again!
@Landis91 Your point is?
So, a stupid rule is extended. Does that make it even more stupid? Are there really any owners out there who won’t hire a coach simply b/c he isn’t White? This 2016 not 1956. This is a waste of everyone’s time.
You’re missing the entire point of the rule.