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First off, what have you been up to – still working to get back in the NFL?
I’m still planning to play in the UFL next season for Houston. Outside of that I’m working with my college roommate Shaun Crawford on a sports media production company – creating content with that. My mission is still getting back to the NFL and I’m staying in shape right now here in Dallas.
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First off, how did you get your start in media operations- what interested you?
I started off in regional sports TV. I went to UCLA and Jerry Buss and Bill Daniels had just launched the Prime Ticket Regional Network in California. They covered the Lakers, Kings, Angels, USC and UCLA…. My uncle worked for them and he got me a job there as a runner. It wasn’t what I ever intended on doing. I was a business major and had no idea what I wanted to do then. I was there for 10 years – I was blessed with the opportunity – it spawned a 40-year career.
What did you learn over that time?
We only had six people in the office then. I was pulling cable during games and worked on graphics and audio too. I did a little producing – the growth was really in remote production.
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First off, can you let us know about the work you’ve been doing to support families with children suffering from pediatric cancer?
After I retired from football we started a foundation – Still Strong – to help families with kids who have pediatric cancer. We help pay for the bills outside of the treatment itself – food, rent, gas… anything outside of the treatment.
Going through what we did with our daughter Leah – we knew what it was like to go through this and wanted to help others.
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First off, let’s ease into this with some football talk- do you follow the Browns – any thoughts on the team now?
I definitely follow the game – I will always love the game. I like the players – I don’t root for teams. I just follow the players I like and stay up-to-date on what’s going on.
I have followed Shedeur Sanders’s story there. Ken Dorsey is the Offensive Coordinator in Cleveland and he was my quarterback at Miami. I respect him a lot. I think Stefanski is a good head coach. But the whole Sanders thing…. I think Gabriel was just more ready. You could see when he was at Oregon that he would be able to make a quick adjustment to the NFL. He was more ready than Sanders. I think Flacco wasn’t working and Stefanski needed to make a decision to win now to maybe save his job. So that’s why Gabriel is there with Flacco as the backup.
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First off, I know you’ve been coaching for a while – how did you get started as a coach and why?
I grew up the son of a coach – my dad coached high school football and I figured I’d end up coaching too. I was fortunate to have been able to play in the NFL first. I enjoy coaching this age of kids – 14-year olds are knuckleheads and it’s fun seeing them grow up.
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First off, let me know what you’ve been up to since your time in the NFL?
After my time with the Redskins I got married and we bought and moved to a farm outside of DC, then sold that and moved to Lexington, Virginia. Then after that I got into real estate then started a bank and  acted as  the CFO and COO.
Unfortunately after that I got divorced, sold my interest in the bank and moved to Charlotte. But I’m here in Lexington now taking care of my mom and working some commercial interests I have here.
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, what have you been up to lately?
I’ve been getting more into writing, producing and directing more. I guess that’s the normal progression as an actor. Connecting with people is a major part of what actors do through their roles and scripts. It’s natural as an extrovert to read something and embody that text into something you know. Producing is my new passion – I’m getting into that more now.
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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, any upcoming projects you can/want to discuss?
My wife just recently wrote a book about me called Journey to the Inner Light about my career – from writing music for Star Trek to my jazz career and work producing records. Inner Light is probably the most famous Star Trek episode – that is the best known piece of music I wrote for the franchise.
I live in Martha’s Vineyard now six months of the year. We live on a sailboat the other half of the year in Mexico. I’m an avid sailor – I used to live in Malibu. We decided to sell our house and sail and just kept going! It sounds romantic, but I like to call it “Fixing things in exotic places!”
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