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First, can you let readers know what you’ve been doing with yourself these days!

Well, now that I’m retired I spend a lot of my time on the golf course. I do that about two to three days a week. I also like to garden and anything else that keeps me occupied.

After you retired from the NFL, you joined the US Marshals Service and were one of the original agents for the United States Federal Witness Protection Program. How did that come about?

I was a US Marshal for twenty years. I had to retire at an early age – you had to because it was hazardous duty so you have to retire at 55. I thought I’d never take another job after that, but after six or seven months at home I took a job with the state as a property evaluation officer.

At the time you either had to go to college or have police work in your background to get a Marshal job. But my father-in-law was big in politics and had a friend who was a U.S. Marshal. They had a vacancy, so my father-in-law went to talk to the Washington representative to get me in. There were two other applicants but you couldn’t be over 40 years old and that made both of those applicants ineligible. I got the job and was happy to have it!

Continue reading “Steve Meilinger, Steelers Tight End, 1961”

First, can you let readers know what you’ve been doing since you’ve retired from the NFL and how you got started in these new ventures?

After returning home to California the cost of gasoline was nearly five dollars a gallon and the spotlight was on our foreign oil dependency. I immediately sold my SUV and decided I was going to focus my life and life’s work on being more sustainable. Since that decision I have had the opportunity to work on numerous electric vehicle ventures. I co-founded an electric bike and scooter business, led design efforts for an electric bike share system, and managed multiple shared electric car projects. My goal is to help as many people move cleaner and greener as possible.

Continue reading “Dedrick Roper, Steelers Linebacker, 2005”

Kevin Greene:

Jim Miller: “We had Kevin Greene and Greg Lloyd as outside linebackers on that team. I always felt like games were easier than practice after having to block those two guys all week.”

Brentson Buckner: “I was playing next to a future Hall of Famer in Kevin Greene. I just needed to go in a become a piece of the puzzle.”

Continue reading “Steelers Players Quotes from PSDB Interviews on New HOF’ers Kevin Greene and Tony Dungy”

First, can you let readers know how you got into your “second career” after the NFL?

Well, I don’t know if it was my second career. I enjoyed what I was doing – I was going to school at night in the offseason and worked during the day. All the jobs I had I enjoyed. I was en electrical engineer and developed products for radio stations. I owned and operated radio stations and used the products to make them sound better for stations around the world.

I’m out of that now. When I was fired for the last time from the NFL things didn’t change much. Except now I had my Falls free. I continued working..

I’m now involved in the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University. We are independent, though funded by the NFLP. It’s a study like no other.

Continue reading “Matt Bahr, Steelers Kicker, 1979-1980”

First, can you let readers know about your coaching career – how you got started and why you enjoy most about it so far?

I have been coaching now for six years and I love every minute of it. It is time-consuming but worth it. I began coaching right after my last year of playing which was 2009 and I haven’t looked back since.

Ever since high school I knew I wanted to coach.  I viewed all the sports as a chess game. I looked for weakness and strengths and it all came natural to me. I enjoyed dissecting a game of any sport. I played for as long as I could and in he process I did scouting and player evaluations. I wanted the coaching world to see I was serious. I have four Grey Cup Rings. Two as a player and two as a coach. I’m currently coaching for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as defensive Backs coach and looking for my fifth ring.

Continue reading “Barron Miles, Steelers Cornerback, 1995”

First, can you let readers know what you’ve been doing with yourself since your time in the NFL?

Well, when I retired I went back to school to get my teaching certificate. I probably will go into coaching. I started a couple of other businesses too – just trying to stay busy. I’m still in Texas – I went back to Baylor and, thirty years later, I’ll get my degree one week before my son does!

How hard was the post-NFL adjustment for you?

I think being in the league for nine years – playing as long as I played ….. it was hard to find a way to stay busy. My wife is still in Pittsburgh and my son will graduate from Duquesne. I drove a semi for eight years. It helped me to be able to see my kids – I could take the truck and leave any time. One went to school in Michigan too so it helped keep me going. It would have been hard to keep traveling to see them otherwise.

I also had some drug issues. I regrouped – got myself back together. I try to stay busy still. I don’t need to work but I want to. I think I’m qualified to coach. I’ll stay here in Texas – I have a cousin who is a head coach. I’d like to do something that got me here in the first place.

Continue reading “Greg Hawthorne, Steelers Running Back/Receiver, 1979-1983”