GRS Blog Hiring Lessons Learned from the NFL

It’s January 2019 and we’re currently in the thick of the NFL playoff season. For teams that do not qualify for the playoffs, that means changes in coaching staff. 2018 saw an usual 8 changes in coaching staff; an uptick from the usual 4-6. On New Year’s Eve, the Arizona Cardinals elected to fire their Head Coach, Steve Wilks. They sought to find a head coach with success coaching quarterbacks. They landed on Kliff Kingsbury.