Guys, for the record, Mike Tomlin was not a Rooney Rule hire. Dan Rooney had already interviewed Ron Rivera (hispanic) before Tomlin, thus Rivera had satisfied the Rule before they ever interviewed Tomlin.
There absolutely should be a Rooney Rule in the NFL.
Up until 1979, there was only one minority head coach, Fritz Pollard, who did most of his coaching in the 1920s. Up until 2003, there were only seven head coaches in the NFL that were minorities. Including Pollard, the list is: Herm...
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