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 ...

In efforts to be more inclusive in hiring, the NFL implemented the Rooney Rule in 2003, which requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate for all head coach and general manager ...

Major League Soccer has drastically altered its hiring policy around front office and coaching positions by eliminating its ...

Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, seen here accepting the Vince Lombardi Trophy in 2006 from NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue in Detroit, is the namesake for the NFL's Rooney Rule. A rule named ...

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 ...

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 ...

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