Setting aside interim hires, McLaurin’s Commanders is one of 11 clubs that never employed a full-time head coach who is Black, joining the Bills, Cowboys, Giants, Jaguars, Panthers, Rams, Ravens, Saints, Seahawks and Titans. That’s about a third of the NFL.

In today’s NFL, prevailing strategic wisdom is anything but conventional. Analytical insights and a scoring environment fueled by offense-friendly rule changes have forced coaches to evolve. Coaching conservatism is fast becoming a relic. Aggression rules the day.

NFL head coaching cycle is almost complete. While the New Orleans Saints are still searching for their next head coach, the Chicago Bears,

Baltimore Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton took note when two of the three Black first-year full-time head coaches in the NFL were fired: Jerod Mayo by the New England Patriots immediately after the final regular-season game,

In the NFL, just one head coaching job remains: The New Orleans Saints. In college, there have been plenty of changes, including Bill Belichick going to North Carolina. On Wednesday, former Texas Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong landed a job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the team's defensive line coach, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network .

An Associated Press survey of more than 65 Black players from 25 NFL teams found that about 36% were discouraged or disappointed by the number of Black coaches in the league.

Reporters from The Associated Press who cover the NFL have spoken to more than 65 Black players from 25 teams this season to gather their thoughts on the state of Black head coaches in the league.

More than a third of Black NFL players who responded to questions about the state of Black head coaches around the league were discouraged or disappointed by the current numbers.