Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the National Football League, hopes to coach again while also paving the way for more minorities to have that same opportunity, his lawyer said
Flores, who is Black, has said his firing by the Dolphins last month after back-to-back seasons with winning records was emblematic of the treatment of Black coaches, who comprise a fraction of team staff positions while 70% of NFL players are Black.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comFlores accused two NFL teams of interviewing him just to show they were considering Black candidates after already having decided to hire white head coaches.
"He's a coach and he loves coaching, and he loves developing young athletes into better athletes and into good people. And so yes, he wants to keep coaching," David Gottlieb, a partner at Wigdor Law, told Reuters. "This is an opportunity for the league and for its individual owners to show true leadership and say that those two things can both happen," he said. "That he can both be an agent for change and be a head coach at the same time."
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