“11 Percent of White Head Coaches Compared To 35.7 Percent Black’: Emmanuel Acho Drops Stats On Why Firing Rookie NFL Head Coaches Antonio Pierce and Jerod Mayo Are Black People Problems

Former Las Vegas Raiders head Antonio Pierce was able to survive Black Monday, which is usually the day coaches are fired following the end of the season. Unfortunately for Pierce, he was only given an extra day, as the Raiders fired him on Tuesday following a 4-13 season. The season began pretty promisingly for the Raiders, who at one point were 2-2, but that was followed by an ugly 10-game losing streak that pretty much sealed his fate.& Emmanuel Acho feels that systemic racism still exists in NFL when it comes to the quick hook for Black head coaches. Over the last 10 years, 53 white head coaches have been hired, 6 got fired after 1 year (11%). 14 Black HCs have been hired, 5 got fired after 1 year (35%).” A statement released by the team, which now has had nine coaches since 2011 and four since 2020, thanked him for his efforts: “We appreciate Antonio’s leadership, first as an interim head coach and this past season as the head coach. Antonio grew up a Raiders fan and his Silver and Black roots run deep. We are grateful for his ability to reignite what it means to be a...