The Rooney Rule is an NFL policy that requires teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching and senior ...

Super Bowl champion Ryan Clark blasted the New England Patriots on "Inside the NFL" for how they complied with the NFL's Rooney Rule when they hired Mike Vrabel.

During the latest edition of his "The Right Time" podcast, sports journalist Bomani Jones defended the Patriots even though ...

In searching for the successor to Jerod Mayo, the Patriots adhered to the NFL’s Rooney Rule — but one former front office executive is not thrilled with how the process played out. “[The ...

Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn had a simple response when asked why he turned down a request to interview ...

He spent two years on Michigan’s staff as an offensive analyst under Jim Harbaugh, his first boss in college at San Diego, and followed Pep Hamilton from Michigan to the start-up spring league ...

The question for many of those executives now is what becomes of longtime NFL assistants Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich, Black coaches who, despite their interviews for New England’s opening ...

They received significant pushback for rushing through interviews with two minority candidates, Byron Leftwich and Pep Hamilton, to satisfy the Rooney Rule, which states that teams must interview ...

The Patriots hired Vrabel soon after a couple of interviews with two Black former assistant coaches, Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich, the only interviews they received. Another Black coach ...