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In late June, the sleepiest part of the N.F.L. calendar, several of the sport’s most prominent minority coaches and executives gathered at Morehouse College in Atlanta to try to dispel a persistent football myth: that there are not enough qualified candidates of color for the league’s coveted offensive coaching jobs.
At the event, known as the Quarterback Summit, about three dozen aspiring candidates for such jobs heard from seasoned professionals like the former Colts and Lions head coach Jim Caldwell, Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and other African-American coaches and executives, past and present.