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Lack of Minority Hiring Called a Disappointment
NFL's New Coaches Are Mostly White And Mostly Young
By Mark Maske and Leonard Shapiro
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, January 20, 2006; Page E09
The head of the group formed to promote minority hiring in the NFL said yesterday that the organization is "very disappointed and surprised" by the lack of diversity among the new head coaches named by teams over the past two weeks, but it won't seek further changes to the rules governing the interviewing and hiring process for coaches.
"We don't question the process," John Wooten, chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, said in a telephone interview. "The process has been great. We're disappointed with the results. We're surprised. But we're on the right track. It's not like it was a few years ago. Back then, very few guys even got interviews."
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NFL's New Coaches Are Mostly White And Mostly Young
By Mark Maske and Leonard Shapiro
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, January 20, 2006; Page E09
The head of the group formed to promote minority hiring in the NFL said yesterday that the organization is "very disappointed and surprised" by the lack of diversity among the new head coaches named by teams over the past two weeks, but it won't seek further changes to the rules governing the interviewing and hiring process for coaches.
"We don't question the process," John Wooten, chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, said in a telephone interview. "The process has been great. We're disappointed with the results. We're surprised. But we're on the right track. It's not like it was a few years ago. Back then, very few guys even got interviews."
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