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First off, what’s life been like since your time in the NFL?

After football I got jobs in the Gulf of Mexico in the oil business. Then when I was in Brownwood, Texas I got a call from a friend – an oilman named Danny Davis. He was friends with Robert Duvall – the actor – and told me he needed my help. Duvall was coming in and needed someone to take them around Texas to learn about the lifestyle for an upcoming movie called Tender Mercies he was doing.

I said “OK” and drove out to meet him at the airport. I saw this short, bald-headed guy come out and knew I had seen that guy before!

I picked him up in my truck – it had a bucket of beer in the back. Duvall told me later he thought he got in the wrong truck and was a dead man!

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First off, I know you’ve become a successful high school coach – tell me a bit about that coaching journey?

I’m currently the head coach at Notre Dame High School, in Easton, PA. We play Class 3A football.

I’ve been coaching for over 26 years now. Even when I was playing as a pro I would coach when I was released. I spent 2000 to 2002 as an offensive assistant at Pius X High School in the off-seasons – that was where I played as a kid.

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First off, what’s the plan now? What’s next?

That’s a hard question now. My son is involved in coaching now – he’s with the Cowboys. I have two daughters and I’d like to be there as they continue to grow. So I’m on hold right now. I’m still working out and watching film but right now things are on hold.

You’ve coached at all levels – is there a preference now between head coach or coordinator?

It’s all time-consuming. As a head coach you run the whole club – you handle the offense, defense and special teams. It really depends on what you want to do. I think I’d most like at this point to be around younger coaches and helping them develop- that’s the most intriguing thing to me. Like an advisor – for an NFL club.

I was a head coach in the XFL last year and that was fun, dealing with the GM. I had a blast doing that because we could hand-pick our players. That was enjoyable.

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First off, what have you been up to since your time in the NFL?

After I retired I realized financially I was too young – I had a fine career but needed to do something more for a piss! For the first couple of years I didn’t do a ton- I had young kids and my focus was on them. We moved to San Diego where we live now – right around the time I signed with the Steelers.

I was interested finance – that’s what I studied in Australia. I took an initial role with a small fund out here then changed course the last few years and became an analyst on the natural gas trading floor. Continue reading “Exclusive with Former Steelers Punter Mat McBriar, 2013”

First off, can you let us know what you’ve been doing since your football days?

Now I’m a practicing attorney in Washington, DC. I’m a criminal defense attorney – its something I always wanted to do. It caught my interest early on and I really enjoyed law school.

Was the adjustment from football to post-football life difficult? Did playing help you as a lawyer in any way?

Indeed it was. I had to get glasses, for starters! In law school I was reading 250 pages a night!

The competitive nature – that need to compete. When I first tried cases I’d find out who the prosecutor was and go to their trials if they had one before mine. I did it kind of like a scouting report. The judge would always laugh when he saw me and ask if there was a reason I was there!

Continue reading “Exclusive with Former Steelers/Gladiators Wide Receiver Russell Hairston, 1987”