Schiano said Thursday that he was surprised to be denied access to his top coaching candidates.
He has moved quickly, wasting little time in finding a new head coach so that Edwards will have a better chance of assembling a top coaching staff.
Van Gundy, who is working as an analyst for TNT Sports, will almost certainly surface as one of the league's top coaching candidates in the off-season.
Dan Rooney, the team's owner during most of Nunn's tenure, was integral in devising the requirement that N.F.L. teams interview at least one minority candidate for top coaching and executive positions, which became known as the Rooney Rule.
After all, some of my colleagues say, maybe it's even right that these successful coaches are sought after by bigger and wealthier football programs that have yet to integrate their top coaching staffs.
In that vein, along the way Craig had acquired his full English FA badge – he now holds a number of other top coaching qualifications including a Uefa A license – which of course led to the United States.
