The Colts’ interview process to hire their next head coach started with four- to five-hour Zoom sessions with 13 candidates. From there, the team’s leadership conducted in-person second interviews with several candidates, some of which lasted up to 15 hours.
And among the Colts’ staff that was part of that methodical, deliberate search was senior director of human resources Jasmine Park.
“There’s a reason why we go through a process that is standardized for everyone,” Park said. “While historically we haven’t done that for a head coaching position, if you take a step back from it, why wouldn’t you?”
That was a question Colts ownership and leadership asked before embarking on their head coaching search. And the answer brought Park to the table to lend her expertise to such an important process for the organization.
“My role kind of on the back end was to assess from a human resources lens that all of the questions that we asked, all the character assessments and the process itself was fair and equitable,” Park said, “and that we actually performed the interviews and went through the process as we intended to.”
When Ballard and Colts Owner and CEO Jim Irsay announced Shane Steichen as the team’s head coach in mid-February, Ballard specifically thanked Park for her role in the coaching search while noting how the team stuck to its process throughout those lengthy interviews.
“It was a great process – I know one that was a little different than what people think is conventional in this league,” Ballard said. “But one of the things through the years I’ve heard and I’ve heard coaches talk about this is making sure everybody is getting a fair and equitable chance to interview for the job. So, when we started this, we got a team of people and we talked about this is how we want to do it. We wanted to not only have a thorough, diverse search, but also one where people could grow. So, whoever ended up being the head coach, the other ones we could give really, constructive…
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