Abstract
This report provides an overview and analysis of occupational mobility patterns of National Football League (NFL) team leaders. Volume I in the NFL Diversity & Inclusion Series, which was published in 2013, examined coaching mobility patterns within the NFL. Volumes III and IV extended the occupational mobility analysis to general managers, offensive coordinators and defensive coordinators. This Volume V report functions as an update and supplement to previous volumes in this NFL research series, as this report analyzes occupational mobility patterns of key NFL team executives from the start of the 2012 NFL season (September 5, 2012) to kickoff at Super Bowl 50 (February 7, 2016). This report also specifically spotlights mobility patterns of head coaches, offensive coordinators, defensive coordinators and general managers during the period from the day after Super Bowl XLIX (February 2, 2015) to Super Bowl 50 (February 7, 2016). In addition, this report provides a summary of occupational mobility patterns of NFL head coaches from January 1963 to February 2016 based on data provided by the NFL. This report also includes an analysis of occupational mobility patterns in other key head coach pipeline positions such as quarterbacks coach, linebackers coach and defensive backs (secondary coach). This report concludes with practical recommendations for improvements to diversity and inclusion business practices currently implemented by the NFL and individual NFL teams that will enable the league and its teams to address the reshuffling effect, unconscious/implicit bias and performance-reward bias with respect to hiring decisions for team leadership positions.
Date Created
January 2016
STARS Citation
Harrison, C. and Bukstein, Scott, "Examining Occupational Mobility Patterns: Access, Opportunity, Social Capitall and Leadership in the NFL (2016)" (2016). EGS Content. 146.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/egs_content/146
https://works.bepress.com/scott_bukstein/16/download/