After the NFL's latest hiring cycle, Art Rooney II believes the league has a long way to go when it comes to giving opportunities to minority coaching candidates.

According to an analysis of candidates known to have interviewed for seven head-coaching openings, 11 were minorities and 16 were white. Only two of the seven jobs went to minorities.

"There's still work to be done in this area, no question about it," Rooney, team president of the Pittsburgh Steelers, said.

Rooney said the league will take another look at the rule named after his father, Dan Rooney, who was chairman of the NFL's diversity committee.

"We didn't make as much progress on the head-coaching side as we would have liked," Rooney said. "But I would say we did make some progress on the general manager side, which is encouraging. And then we'll have to look on the coordinator side to see how much progress we make on that front.

"There are a lot of pieces to it that we're going to have to sit down when it's all said and done and really analyze what happened, and are there things we can do to strengthen the opportunities for minority coaches. I think last year we did take a number of steps that I think over time are going to pay dividends, but that's not to say we can't do more, and we'll take another strong look at it this offseason."