Zero black head coaches hired this coaching cycle in NFL

[3USC1801]

I would say NFL playing experience does not give a candidate any sort of advantage for being a head coach. There are countless examples of top level salespeople who are promoted to sales managers and fail miserably. The skills and talent to be a player or salesman are a different set than the skill set required to be a good head coach or manager.

Mike Macdonald, the Seahawks head coach, never even played college football. The lack of an NFL playing career hasn't seemed to hurt his ability as an NFL head coach.

Wouldn’t you agree he is an anomaly? I’m not arguing one way or another but I believe he is the first and only coach never to have played college football. That in itself tells me there is an advantage to being raised in a football environment. It doesn’t guarantee success but it helps propel a coach who has the skills/desire to succeed.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

I agree, but

that wasnt the theme of the THREAD!! I normally dont disagree with you Jacque, but i am merely stating MY OPINION...

What do you disagree about? That i have no desire to work 16 hour days?

 

[Piscis]

Wouldn’t you agree he is an anomaly? I’m not arguing one way or another but I believe he is the first and only coach never to have played college football. That in itself tells me there is an advantage to being raised in a football environment. It doesn’t guarantee success but it helps propel a coach who has the skills/desire to succeed.

Definitely an anomaly. He must be a smart man. Graduated from UGA business school summa *** laude (UGA business school is brutal to get into). He coached HS football in Athens while he was a student at UGA. He then got a masters in sports management from UGA while a grad assistant on Mark Richt's staff from 2010 to 2014. He went straight from UGA to the NFL and has been in the NFL all but one year since (DC at Michigan in 2021).

His father was a West Point grad, retired military engineer and business owner, he has no experience in football coaching or playing beyond HS. McDonald was not raised in any sort of football environment. He has always coached on the defensive side of the ball. He is only 38 years old.

 

[Piscis]

Definitely an anomaly. He must be a smart man. Graduated from UGA business school summa *** laude (UGA business school is brutal to get into). He coached HS football in Athens while he was a student at UGA. He then got a masters in sports management from UGA while a grad assistant on Mark Richt's staff from 2010 to 2014. He went straight from UGA to the NFL and has been in the NFL all but one year since (DC at Michigan in 2021).

His father was a West Point grad, retired military engineer and business owner, he has no experience in football coaching or playing beyond HS. McDonald was not raised in any sort of football environment. He has always coached on the defensive side of the ball. He is only 38 years old.

LOL at the Puritanical censor!! I guess I should have said "summa KUM laude" to get by.