Roger Goodell Says NFL ‘Has Work to Do’ After Hiring No Black Head Coaches

The NFL had a record ten head coaching vacancies at the end of the year, and exactly zero of them were filled by a black coach.

In response, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell believes the league has “work to do.”

“I believe diversity is good for us,” Goodell said in response to a reporter’s question about the lack of black hires. “I think we have become more diverse across every platform, including coaching. But we still have more work to do. There’s got to be more steps, and we’re evaluating everything that we’re doing, including our accelerator program and including every aspect of our policies and our programs.”

The number of black head coaches in the league at the end of last season was six. Now,