Rating NFL head-coaching hires

A couple of years ago, I wrote about quantitative methods that NFL teams and independent researchers had devised in the desperate search to find the next great coach. (I swear, the story was more exciting than that.) These folks, ranging from team execs to college professors, analyzed more than 100 hires, breaking down dozens of traits from experience to race to coaching trees. As I wrote, the vast majority of successful coaches possessed at least one of the following four characteristics:

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Seth Wickersham

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Seth Wickersham joined ESPN The Magazine after graduating from the University of Missouri. Although he primarily covers the NFL, his assignments also have taken him to the Athens Olympics, the World Series, the NCAA tournament and the NHL and NBA playoffs.