Primary coaches (no changes from 2019): Andy Reid, coach; Eric Bieniemy, offensive coordinator; Steve Spagnuolo, defensive coordinator; Dave Toub, special teams. From 2009-2019 four of those twelve clubs have had one coach tenured at least nine years, which reduces the likelihood of new hires of any race. But it has to be a contender for that thorny crown. By: Huddle Staff. share. Looking over how a new coach might utilize a player could help you find diamonds in the rough and avoid some potential busts. Overall, white head coaches and offensive coordinators are hired at younger ages than coaches of color. The data includes information on the race/ethnicity of both fired and hired coaches, prior coaching positions, and future coaching positions (in the case of the coach leaving the position). PRRC, under the direction of Dr. C. Keith Harrison, compiled data from all changes at head coach, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator levels in the NFL. The Denver Post is a nine-time Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper that has covered the Rocky Mountain Empire since 1892. An NFL tight end has to be two things at once -- a brute and a ballerina. They also went on to offensive coordinator positions in the NFL at nearly three times the rate of coaches of color (20.6% vs. 7.1%). We see these findings as supplementary and complementary to the important and groundbreaking Race and Gender Report Cards, produced by Richard Lapchick and The Institute for Diversity and Equity in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida. For example this does not include mid-season firings or firing made on this 2019 Black Monday. We also examined the pipeline feeding head coaching positions. Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule said he's considering kneeling alongside his players during the national anthem this season in support of the movement against racial injustice. Most often, the previous position of a newly hired head coach is NFL offensive coordinator, followed by defensive coordinator. The Giants are finalizing a deal for Patriots wide receivers coach Joe Judge to become the team's next coach, league sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Points 2 – 14 show factors that contribute or offer context to this big picture. Based on the data, there are no trends for Latino-, Native-, or Asian and Pacific Islander – American coaches because there has been one or zero of each. Offensive coordinators have a wider hiring age range with many younger coaches. “Other” reflects coaches that came from other positions such as special teams or linebackers or quarterbacks coaches. Art Shell (LA Raiders) became the first African American head coach in the modern era (1989), and Willie Jeffries was the first African American NCAA Division 1-A coach at a predominantly white program, Wichita State (1979).