MOBILE, Ala. — Two prominent Detroit Lions assistants said they have not experienced the discrimination former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores alleged in an explosive lawsuit against the NFL and three of its teams Tuesday.
Flores alleged in a proposed class-action suit filed in Manhattan federal court that the league exhibits widespread racism in its hiring policies and that he was the victim of such behavior by the Dolphins, Denver Broncos and New York Giants.
Flores was fired after three seasons as Dolphins coach in January and was passed over jobs in Denver in 2019 and New York this winter.
In his suit, he called his interview with the Giants a “sham” designed to satisfy the NFL’s Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for top jobs.
Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, who has interviewed with the New York Jets and Broncos the past two seasons — and who is scheduled to interview with the New Orleans Saints on Wednesday — and assistant head coach Duce Staley, who interviewed last season with the Eagles, were told of Flores’ lawsuit after coaching the American team in the Senior Bowl on Tuesday.
Both said they were just hearing of the suit and did not want to comment on its specifics, but said their interview experiences have been sincere.
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“I just know when I had a chance to interview it was awesome,” Staley said. “Awesome experience for me, just…
