Dallas Cowboys made mockery of Rooney Rule with Matt Eberflus hire Thankfully for Zimmer, he no longer has to worry about that. Zimmer is nearly 70 years old and the league has passed him by.

For coaching candidates, it can be worthwhile to take an interview just to have the experience of a high-profile meeting with NFL decision-makers, and to have their names mentioned as a candidate ...

Jim Rooney, the son of Rooney Rule namesake Dan Rooney, discusses the diversity-promoting rule with American University professor and sports-law expert Jeremi Duru at a public event April 17.

The Rooney Rule was implemented in good faith, but it’s been often criticized over the last 20 years. As Clark mentioned, a lot of Black coaches have felt like they were just a token interview ...

Bears coaching candidate Eddie George says interview was legitimate, not merely to satisfy Rooney Rule George asked the Bears up front whether this was simply to fulfill the Rooney Rule ...

The Rooney Rule was implemented in 2003 to bolster diversity in hiring around the league. Now Goodell and the NFL have decided to take a public DEI stand to support its own Rooney Rule as the ...

The NFL’s main DEI initiative is the Rooney Rule, adopted in 2003 to help increase the number of minority coaches and executives in the league.(It’s named after Dan Rooney, the late owner of ...

But George made it clear he did not want the Rooney Rule to be the Bears' primary motivation for interviewing him. How an internship helped Eddie George get interview for Chicago Bears coaching job.

And voila, the Rooney Rule requirements are fulfilled. This visit works for Dallas in another way, however. In theory, as Schottenheimer "looks to fill out his staff,'' he's allowing Eberflus to ...

The Rooney Rule was expanded to include offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. And, starting last year, the league pushed back its hiring process by a week to give ...

Perhaps the NFL will alter the rule at some point, but for now it looks like the 49ers could benefit again from the 2020 expansion of the Rooney Rule. More Latest 49ers news!

Take the Rooney Rule in the National Football League. Adopted in 2003, this rule requires NFL teams to interview at least one minority or female candidate for various jobs within their organizations.