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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Joe DeCamillis cringes at the suggestion that his stepping in for ailing coach Gary Kubiak this week amounts to an audition for an NFL head coaching job.He said hes just being a good friend and a loyal employee:When somebody asks you to do something, you do it, DeCamillis said.Especially when that somebody is your boss, Denver Broncos general manager John Elway, whos asking you to help out an old friend.DeCamillis has spent 28 years as an assistant in the league, most of those as a special teams coordinator. He was also assistant head coach in Chicago for a couple of years. So, yeah, being in charge has crossed his mind a time or two. But this week, hes only focused on Thursday nights game at San Diego.You always think about it. I interviewed for the Chicago job so you think about it, DeCamillis said. I dont really look as this opportunity as that, to be honest with you. I look at helping an organization and helping a friend and a coach. Thats what Im doing.Im going to try everything that I can to help this organization get through this little bump in the road then well go from there.DeCamillis was named acting head coach Monday after Kubiak was hospitalized overnight following Denvers 23-16 loss to Atlanta . Kubiak was diagnosed with a migraine condition that mimics a stroke and doctors ordered him to take a week off work.This was the second time in three years that Kubiak, 55, left a stadium by ambulance. When he was head coach of the Texans in 2013, he suffered a mini-stroke at halftime of a game against the Colts. He missed 10 days before returning to work, at first to the coaching booth, and then to the sideline before his firing a month later.After a year as Baltimores offensive coordinator, Kubiak was hired as Denvers head coach last year and said hed learned his lesson: to delegate more to his staff, and he had no health issues while leading the Broncos to the Super Bowl title.In a statement after being released from the hospital Monday, Kubiak said he had great confidence in Joe D., our coordinators and coaching staff and all of our players. He added that hed made a lot of positive changes health-wise in recent years and will continue to listen to doctors.Kubiak said hell rest up this week and return to work Monday.Elway said he chose DeCamillis as interim coach this week because it was the least disruptive option. This way, coordinators Rick Dennison and Wade Phillips can maintain their focus on offense and defense, respectively.Phillips, who has served as head coach in Denver and Dallas and as interim head coach with the Texans, Falcons and Saints, said he wasnt surprised he wasnt selected instead of DeCamillis.No, not at all. If you look at my interim record, Id say, `Make sure you dont make him the interim guy, Phillips said. I told you I was a lousy head coach anyway, especially as an interim head coach. So, no, its a one-week deal. I think it makes the most sense for Joe D. because were involved in offense and defense, Rick and I, so its easier for him to do that.Besides, Phillips said, DeCamillis deserves this opportunity.Ive known Joe D. for a long time and I really think he is a head coaching candidate, Phillips said. I dont know why he hasnt been one yet like Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who rose through the ranks as a special teams coordinator.Players and coaches have resisted the temptation to call on Kubiak this week, but DeCamillis didnt have to look far for some advice.The good thing is that Wade has been it three times so hes a great sounding board, DeCamillis said. Hes a guy that hired me at Dallas so Ive got a lot of respect for him and hes probably happy that hes not doing it. He gave me some advice.So did DeCamillis father-in-law, Dan Reeves, who told him to watch his language but dont change anything else.He did say to try to make sure that you be yourself, DeCamillis said. He said thats the best advice that he got from (Tom) Landry when he started, and so Im going to try to continue that as much as I can.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton . Wholesale Jordan Free Shipping . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. Air Max 90 Outlet Clearance . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. http://www.outletsneakersclearance.com/fake-air-force-1.html . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. Fake Vans Shoes . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. Wholesale Air Max 270 .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker.Troy Townsend says the make-up of Football League boardrooms is preventing black coaches from getting managerial jobs. Recent research from the Sports Peoples Think Tank showed efforts to get more football coaches from a Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) background are not progressing as hoped.A study compiled by Loughborough University and the Fare Network showed only four per cent of coaches at Englands 92 Premier League and EFL clubs are from a minority. Townsend, Education & Development manager for Kick It Out, believes too many League clubs are employing managers that are a reflection of their own boardrooms - to the detriment of aspiring black coaches.I automatically put the pressure on those who are doing the hiring and the firing, he told Sky Sports News HQ. If your boardroom looks a particular way, you want a particular type of manager, lets not mince any words. The founder and chairman of Kick It Out, Lord Ouseley, says the millions invested into grassroots football must also be used to tackle prejudice When someone sacks a manager, nine times out of 10 they already know who they want to put in to replace them and theyve already spoken to that person too.The reason they let the manager go is because theyve nnigh on done that deal.dddddddddddd That disheartens a lot of people when theyre going for jobs, and thats a lot of people across the board.That recruitment process is not fair and until we can introduce a fair recruitment process that wont change. Are black coaches trusted? The honest answer has to be no because if they were there wouldnt be this disparity in the figures.There are people who feel they dont get to an interview and are not being recognised for their ability to coach. Its going to be difficult to change that mind set, especially at the top end of the game.Townsend also criticised Wolves for not following the voluntary code under which clubs are encouraged to interview BAME candidates, instead replacing Walter Zenga with Paul Lambert with seemingly no interview process undertaken. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price Wolves are one of 10 EFL clubs that have signed up to a voluntary recruitment code being trialled this year which says they will interview at least one BAME candidate for every first-team coaching or managerial position.But the club rejected criticism of the Lambert appointment, and said in a statement: Contrary to claims made in the report, Wolves notified the EFL following the recent appointment of Paul Lambert as manager to confirm that the club had complied fully with the code by interviewing at least one BAME candidate during the recruitment process.Wolves have provided details of the two processes to the EFL as requested, and remain committed to the clubs role as one of the 10 clubs which voluntarily put themselves forward to take part in the BAME recruitment process. 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