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

I’ve been doing air duct work now for 17 years. I started with a company in New Jersey after I retired from football then moved to Raleigh, North Carolina and started my own business there. It’s a lucrative business – everyone needs duct cleaning at some point.

I also just started picking up golf – I started that about four years ago. I should have started picking that up sooner.

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

Well, after the Super Bowl in ’94, I decided to walk away from the game. I decided to raise my kids while my wife did her residency in pediatric oncology. My kids are now in college and I’m back to working part-time as an NFL uniform inspector on gamedays. I’m also doing some auctioneering and fundraising in Florida. And I’m still working out and staying fit.

That’s the big picture in the sky right now.

Was the post-NFL adjustment difficult for you?

I think it was easier only because of my wife’s path to becoming a physician – we had a clear picture of her path – so my taking care of the kids was the right thing to do. If we didn’t have that path it would have been more difficult. I didn’t have a clear vision of my plan either after football so it worked out well for us.

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First, can you let me know what you’re been up to since your playing days – and how difficult was the post-NFL adjustment for you?

I’m here in Houston working for Coca Cola as their Sales Manager. Learning what to do next after football was difficult at first. I knew the life skills and strengths that I had from playing football would help me afterwards, but I had to put it all together. I didn’t have those business skills.

I built my resume. The toughest part was that when you’re in the NFL you don’t get much of an opportunity to get those business skills. There aren’t any job fairs. It’s great you were an NFL player but even though I knew I had some of those skills they looked for in interviews I didn’t have the experience behind them.

But the NFLPA helped me out. I went through their programs and they put me through some work coops and helped me with the skills and experience I needed.

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

Initially, I went into banking after football. It was a nice thing to start with. Then I got into marketing, and after that I got into the import-export business, bringing in Mercedes, Porsches – German cars. What we called grey market cars – ones modified to pass the EPA and DOT standards. Then we sold that off.  I went into the insurance business afterwards but got bored with that.

I just tried to live my best life – I tried different things. It wasn’t an either-or thing. I just wanted to have fun. I had a passion to help people – I had a teacher certification so helped with kids and adults too.

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First, what you are doing with yourself now?

Well, I took a position at a gym here – The House – here in Michigan. I’m managing the sports performance and training there with my former college quarterback Jaranta  Lewis.

After I was cut from the Hamilton Tigercats the opportunity just opened up. I took the job and have been excited about the opportunity.

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First, what have you been up to since your playing days?

For the past 25 years I’ve been working for Casper Caterpillar supervising logistics there. I’m a facility manager – a senior manager of logistics.

I earned more in the two weeks leading up to the playoff loss to San Diego than I did in a year working at Caterpillar – so that was a big adjustment. It was an eye-opener. John Mackovic – my college coach – he always said to have a backup plan. I took my education seriously because of that and was able to find a second career.

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First, what does the offseason look like for you?

My plan is to train here in Las Vegas. I still have a house here from my time playing with the Raiders. I’ve formed some great relationships and met some great people so I’m considering staying here and training. If not I’ll go back and train in Houston with my college trainer.

I also have a child on the way – I’ll have a daughter this month. So a lot going on right now!

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First, how is it being back on the West Coast at Oregon – miss the snow?

I’m a West Coast guy. I was born and raised in L.A. I was at SMU and worked my way up to the Pac 12. I always wanted to come back especially for an opportunity like this.

I wanted to talk to you about that opportunity – but first, who were some of the mentors that shaped the way you coached?

Dante Scarnecchia in New England – the way he went about coaching the game. The discipline he imposed and the regimen and routine. He was a former military guy – a former Marine – he pushed routine and regimen – he believed that in order to do something right you had to do it over and over to get it right every day.

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First, what does the offseason look like for you?

The plan is to take a little time off – maybe six to eight weeks – depending on how my body feels. Then start again. I want to work on getting stronger and on my muscular endurance so I can kick at 100% the whole season. It’s a long season starting with OTA’s and camp so I really want to work on my endurance.

I’m working with a kicking coach in Atlanta – he’s the one who taught me how to kick, just to clean up a few things.

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First, what are your offseason plans?

I’m just taking a month or so off after the season is over to let my body recover from the season. I’ll go and train in Florida after that with Mo Wells and Jordan Bush at Brandon Marshall’s facility “The House of Athletes.” I’ll work on strength and speed training there and get ready for OTAs.

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