Overall, eight of the 32 GMs are minorities. Pittsburgh hired Omar Khan, an Indian American, in May. “So I was fortunate to have someone that was very aware of it, and my growth and development happened probably faster because of just mentors that wanted to spend time to develop me as a person and as a personnel person and a leader,” Poles said.įive of the six recent minority additions among GMs are Black: Poles, Washington’s Martin Mayhew, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah of Minnesota, Atlanta’s Terry Fontenot and Brad Holmes in Detroit.
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Conversations with visiting pro scouts sparked his interest in the personnel side. Poles was about to go into marketing after he was released by the Bears, but took a job as a graduate assistant at Boston College, his alma mater, instead.
“He wouldn’t have known that if I didn’t get the opportunity.” “Jerry didn’t know me until I got to be able to spend time with him, talk to him, him to know how much I knew about football, how much I knew about relationships and trying to get that together,” McClay said. McClay was head coach of an arena league team owned by Jones’ Cowboys before becoming a scout, and has been with the club for 20 years. McClay says ownership, which is overwhelmingly white in the NFL, has a role in getting to know promising minority candidates in organizations. “We have data that when you network and connect, engage with people that are different from you by gender and race, you have a better chance of being what we call upwardly mobile.” Trust is money, and people invest in relationships that they trust,” said Harrison, a sports business professor at UCF. Keith Harrison, lead author of the annual NFL Diversity and Inclusion Report. Relationships are crucial to maintaining or expanding the roles of minorities in front offices, and the effort is never-ending, said C. Instead, he has turned down several chances to take that title, choosing to stay as vice president of player personnel for Dallas owner, president and GM Jerry Jones. Poles is among six minorities picked to fill the past 12 openings for general managers going back to early 2021, and McClay could have pushed the ratio past 50%. It's a crucial hire for Detroit at a key point in the team's rebuild.DALLAS (AP) - Ryan Poles knew pretty quickly he was interested in the path that led to his hiring as general manager of the Chicago Bears, while Dallas Cowboys personnel man Will McClay toiled in arena football before scouting beckoned.īoth credit relationships built along the way for their spots in a promising trend of diversity hiring for the NFL, plagued for years by a poor record in opportunities for minorities in the coaching ranks. 7 overall pick and will have to decide whether it's time for Detroit to pursue a long-term replacement at quarterback for Matthew Stafford, who turns 33 on Feb. Under Patricia, Detroit went just 13-29-1. The next general manager will be tasked, first and foremost, with hiring a new head coach after the disastrous Matt Patricia era. "Brad is one of the more valued voices we have in our building." "He's become a valued voice in our organization as part of our leadership team on social justice and diversity issues, helping us lead a diverse group of people," Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff said of the 41-year-old Holmes, per Lindsey Thiry of ESPN. Holmes has served as the Rams director of college scouting for eight seasons, helping to select key players such as Aaron Donald, Todd Gurley II, Jared Goff, Cooper Kupp, John Johnson III, Tyler Higbee and Jordan Fuller. Lions director of player personnel Lance Newmark.Lions director of pro scouting Rob Lohman.Lions vice president of player personnel Kyle O'Brien.Former Kansas City Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli.Former Houston Texans general manager Rick Smith.Former Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff.Saints vice president and assistant general manager Jeff Ireland.Indianapolis Colts assistant general manager Ed Dodds.According to ESPN's Michael Rothstein, the Lions have also interviewed the following candidates for the position:
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