Former Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Ray Horton has joined the Brian Flores class-action lawsuit accusing multiple NFL teams of racial discrimination in their hiring practices. Horton is accusing the Titans of holding a “sham interview” with him in 2016.
Horton, who was interviewed for the Titans’ head-coaching vacancy that year, accuses the franchise of holding a “completely sham interview” that was done “only to comply with the Rooney Rule and to demonstrate an appearance of equal opportunity and a false willingness to consider a minority candidate for the position.”
In the amendment to the Flores lawsuit, Horton points to a quote from the man Tennessee ended up hiring, Mike Mularkey, as evidence to back his claims.
