People of color have been fighting for coaching positions, especially head coaching positions, in the NFL since forever. But Eugene Chung’s situation just took the fight to another degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chung, who is Korean American and a former offensive lineman for the Patriots, told The Boston Globe<\/a> about an interview he had with an unnamed NFL team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “It was said to me, ‘Well, you’re really not a minority,'” Chung said to the Globe. “I was like, ‘Wait a minute. The last time I checked, when I looked in the mirror and brushed my teeth, I was a minority.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n When he pushed the interviewer for an explanation, Chug was told he was “not the right minority that we’re looking for.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is mind blowing, especially when taken in context to this past NFL offseason. In January, five of the seven NFL head coaching jobs went to white coaches<\/a>. The only exceptions were Robert Shaleh of the Jets and David Culley of the Texans<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So if Chung is not the right minority the team is looking for, we wonder what is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apparently, so is the Fritz Pollard Alliance. Once they heard about Chung’s experience, they jumped into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n