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The illusion of equal opportunity for minority NFL coaches

  • Written by Joseph N. Cooper, Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration, UMass Boston

On the day after the New England Patriots ended their NFL season with a miserable 4-13 record, team owner Robert Kraft fired Jerod Mayo, the team’s first Black head coach. In a press conference following his decision, Kraft explained that he put Mayo in “an untenable situation” by hiring him to lead an underperforming team.

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