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Minnesota Vikings assistant HC Mike Pettine organizes coaching diversity summit for entry-level candidates
Mike Pettine has long understood the problem: a lack of diversity among NFL coaches. This spring, he was inspired to do something about it. Pettine, in his first season as the Minnesota Vikings' assistant head coach, organized a three-day coaching diversity summit this week at team headquarters, a program designed to increase the diverse candidate pool for entry-level NFL jobs. Eleven men and one woman -- Roseanna Smith, an assistant coach at Oberlin College -- will spend their time participating in mock interviews, learning the NFL's culture, listening in on coaching meetings and working an OTA practice. A disappointing hiring cycle this past winter left the league with just five minority head coaches, an outcome that commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged "fell short" of league goals. Among other initiatives, the league created a Diversity Advisory Committee and announced the first hiring mandate in the history of its Rooney Rule. With head-coaching hires
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