NFL's Coach Accelerator Program aims to create more diverse league at the top

Vikings receivers coach Keenan McCardell hopes to be an NFL head coach one day.Vikings receivers coach Keenan McCardell has about 25 years of NFL experience. But the eighth-year assistant coach and former Pro Bowl receiver might have just now made the biggest catch of his life — grabbing a billionaire's attention.

McCardell, the 53-year-old assistant who wants to be an NFL head coach, was one of 40 women and coaches of color participating in a three-day Coach Accelerator Program held this week at the Omni Hotel on the Vikings' Eagan campus. They listened to speakers, met with team owners and executives in town for league meetings, and got to know fellow coaches who could one day provide a…