{"id":579,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/579","headline":"Unsealed Korn Ferry memo on Brian Flores accused of racial stereotyping","dek":"The report, prepared for the Raiders during a coach-hiring cycle, was unsealed Tuesday as part of Flores' discrimination lawsuit against the NFL and multiple teams.","body":"A recruiting memo on Brian Flores, compiled by Korn Ferry for the Las Vegas Raiders during one of the team's coach-hiring cycles, was unsealed on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Flores' attorneys say the document leans heavily on racial stereotypes that NFL teams commonly use when evaluating Black coaching candidates.\n\nThe memo surfaced as part of Flores' ongoing discrimination lawsuit against the NFL and several of its teams. Flores is joined in that suit by fellow coaches Steve Wilks and Ray Horton, who also allege racial discrimination in the league's hiring practices.\n\nAttorney Douglas H. Wigdor told Front Office Sports that the unsealed documents point to two troubling but unsurprising realities. He said Flores has faced unlawful retaliation for holding the league and its teams accountable over systemic race discrimination, and that discrimination continues to shape how NFL head coaching candidates are evaluated, with the Raiders' candidate profile on Flores serving as evidence.\n\nThe lawsuit remains active, and the unsealed memo is expected to factor into further arguments over how teams assess Black coaching candidates during hiring searches.","published_at":"2026-10-13T23:18:46.370532+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Unsealed report on Brian Flores reveals racial stereotypes against coach, his lawyers say","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/13/sports/unsealed-report-on-brian-flores-reveals-racial-stereotypes-lawyers/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Recruiting firm's Brian Flores report 'leans heavily on racial stereotypes,' attorneys say","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/recruiting-firms-brian-flores-report-224820170.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Recruiting firm’s memo about Brian Flores shows use of racial stereotypes, lawyers say","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7687077/2026/10/13/brian-flores-memo-unsealed-racial-stereotypes-discrimination-lawsuit/"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Brian Flores-NFL lawsuit: Recruiting firm memo filled with racial stereotypes, attorneys claim","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brian-flores-recruiting-memo-filled-with-racial-stereotypes-attorneys-claim/"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Unsealed Flores recruiting memo rife with racial stereotypes, lawyers say","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50174946/brian-flores-memo-rife-racial-stereotypes-lawyers-say"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Recently unsealed report on coach Brian Flores contains 'racial stereotypes,' according to lawyers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/recently-unsealed-report-coach-brian-221157071.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}