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Originally Posted by KSig RC
An aside:
It's a well-known (and cited) fact that, although the overwhelming majority of players in the NFL are black, fewer coaches are black.
However, the 'breakdown' of coaches, compared to the overall racial breakdown of the nation, is closer/more similar.
Which should be the benchmark? Is there a middle ground? Does the coaching 'pool' more closely mirror the pool of players, or society at large?
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Good question.
I think the better benchmark is the historical composition of the NFL. The highly specialized, specific skill-set nature of the NFL naturally limits the talent pool. I concur that historically (I don't have the specific stat either) that the majority of NFL players have been non-white. Given that, the 70+ year absence of AfAm head coaches, or even the chances to regularly interview for head coaching spots until recently, makes the "drought" all the more pronounced.