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Next week’s league meetings in Irving, Texas, will once again feature the NFL’s Front Office & General Manager Accelerator Program, aimed at promoting qualified personnel people from diverse backgrounds and connecting them with decision-makers at all 32 teams.
It will be the fourth time the program has taken place at a league meeting where NFL owners assemble, and the timing coincides with the beginnings of the hiring cycle where somewhere close to a half-dozen general manager jobs could open.
This year’s group boasts several candidates who have interviewed for multiple general manager positions. Bears assistant GM Ian Cunningham is the only person who interviewed for both open jobs last year, and wound up turning down the Cardinals offer. Browns assistant GM Glenn Cook, Bills senior personnel advisor Malik Boyd and Raiders interim GM Champ Kelly have also interviewed with multiple teams for general manager positions in recent years.
League sources have also identified several candidates who should be in line to get at least one GM interview this upcoming cycle. Giants assistant GM Brandon Brown, Bills director of player personnel Terrance Gray, Saints assistant GM Khai Harley and Browns assistant GM Catherine Raiche are among the names sources believe could get interview opportunities this upcoming cycle.
The program will span from Monday into Wednesday afternoon. Forty-two men and women from 31 teams will take part in seminars focused on interview techniques, personal wellness, leading across generations and discussions with agents. The program also features networking opportunities with club ownership, a necessary element to increasing diversity in the top ranks of the league.
Since 1993, only 16 percent of all people hired to be general managers in the NFL were men of color. But those numbers have improved recently, with eight of the 15 hirings since 2019 being men of color….
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Author : Jonathan Jones
Publish date : 2023-12-07 13:45:24
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