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Commanders Create Doug Williams Diversity Coaching Fellowship to Target HBCU Coaches
April 20, 2022
As part of the NFL's increased efforts to diversify coaching hires, the Washington Commanders have taken a step to offer opportunities to coaches from historically Black colleges and universities.
The team announced Wednesday the creation of the Doug Williams Diversity Coaching Fellowship to give "a diverse set of applicants the opportunity to advance their careers while learning and growing with an NFL coaching staff."
The coach selected to be the Doug Williams Fellow will be hired as an offensive assistant who works primarily with the Commanders head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
The candidates will be evaluated by a group that consists of many Washington coaches and executives, including senior adviser Doug Williams, general manager Martin Mayhew, head coach Ron Rivera and offensive coordinator Scott Turner.
The Rooney Rule, which had required teams to interview at least one minority candidate for head coach and high-level front office roles, has been criticized for essentially making a minority candidate go through the interview process to satisfy the rule even though clubs have no intention of hiring them.
There are only five minority head coaches in the league.
The NFL announced last month it was forming a committee to review its diversity hiring practices. The league also expanded the Rooney Rule to require teams to hire at least one minority assistant for the 2022 season and interview at least two minority candidates for top positions.
The rule expansion also includes women, though they aren't required to be interviewed. Interviews of women will be included in the fulfillment process of the Rooney Rule.
Williams went to college at HBCU powerhouse Grambling State and had two different stints as head football coach for the program from 1998 to 2003 and 2011 to 2013. He also spent one season as head coach at Morehouse College in 1997.
As a player, Williams became the first Black quarterback selected in the first round by an NFL team when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took him No. 17 overall. Eldridge dikkey was the first Black quarterback drafted in the first round by the Oakland Raiders, though they were still in the AFL.
After five seasons with the Bucs, Williams joined the Arizona Outlaws in the USFL for 1984 and '85. He signed with Washington in 1986 after the USFL shut down.
Williams became the first Black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl when Washington beat the Denver Broncos 42-10 in Super Bowl XXII during the 1987 season. He has worked in Washington's front office since 2014 and is a senior adviser to team president Jason Wright
April 20, 2022
As part of the NFL's increased efforts to diversify coaching hires, the Washington Commanders have taken a step to offer opportunities to coaches from historically Black colleges and universities.
The team announced Wednesday the creation of the Doug Williams Diversity Coaching Fellowship to give "a diverse set of applicants the opportunity to advance their careers while learning and growing with an NFL coaching staff."
The coach selected to be the Doug Williams Fellow will be hired as an offensive assistant who works primarily with the Commanders head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
The candidates will be evaluated by a group that consists of many Washington coaches and executives, including senior adviser Doug Williams, general manager Martin Mayhew, head coach Ron Rivera and offensive coordinator Scott Turner.
The Rooney Rule, which had required teams to interview at least one minority candidate for head coach and high-level front office roles, has been criticized for essentially making a minority candidate go through the interview process to satisfy the rule even though clubs have no intention of hiring them.
There are only five minority head coaches in the league.
The NFL announced last month it was forming a committee to review its diversity hiring practices. The league also expanded the Rooney Rule to require teams to hire at least one minority assistant for the 2022 season and interview at least two minority candidates for top positions.
The rule expansion also includes women, though they aren't required to be interviewed. Interviews of women will be included in the fulfillment process of the Rooney Rule.
Williams went to college at HBCU powerhouse Grambling State and had two different stints as head football coach for the program from 1998 to 2003 and 2011 to 2013. He also spent one season as head coach at Morehouse College in 1997.
As a player, Williams became the first Black quarterback selected in the first round by an NFL team when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took him No. 17 overall. Eldridge dikkey was the first Black quarterback drafted in the first round by the Oakland Raiders, though they were still in the AFL.
After five seasons with the Bucs, Williams joined the Arizona Outlaws in the USFL for 1984 and '85. He signed with Washington in 1986 after the USFL shut down.
Williams became the first Black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl when Washington beat the Denver Broncos 42-10 in Super Bowl XXII during the 1987 season. He has worked in Washington's front office since 2014 and is a senior adviser to team president Jason Wright