Ryan Clark, a one-time Super Bowl champion and current ESPN NFL analyst, ripped the New England Patriots for how they complied with the Rooney Rule during their head-coaching search. The NFL’s Rooney ...

The New England Patriots telegraphed from the start of their head coaching search this month that they wanted to hire fan-favorite former linebacker Mike Vrabel, only to bring in two Black former ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn, who interviewed last offseason for the Miami Dolphins' and San Francisco 49ers' head-coaching vacancies, says he is opposed to ...

The Rooney Rule was meant to increase the number of minority interviews – and thus actual opportunity for those coaches – in the NFL. In many ways it has achieved just that. Yet, some teams view it ...

The NFL's Rooney Rule has been in place for more than 20 years as a way to help ensure that minority coaching candidates get a fair shot at jobs. But as time has gone on it's increasingly become a box ...

The NFL regular season has officially drawn to a close, which means the coaching carousel is about to ramp up in high gear. Some established coaches will get a second -- or even third -- chance to ...

The controversial mechanics of the NFL’s Rooney Rule are once again coming into the spotlight. This time, it’s the New England Patriots who are the subject of widespread criticism about manipulating ...

Two original founders of the NFL's Rooney Rule told ESPN they agree with commissioner Roger Goodell that the league's efforts on diversity are bearing fruit, but they say there's more work to do. One ...

First created in 2003, the "Rooney Rule" (named after former Steelers owner Dan Rooney, who served as chairman of the NFL's diversity committee) was created to help ensure minority candidates received ...

The NFL on Wednesday moved to strengthen the Rooney Rule, requiring that teams interview a minority candidate from outside their organizations or candidates from a league-approved list. In place since ...