Trying to figure out what your relationship with Derek Dooley was during his playing career? Forget when you were the offensive coordinator. Talk about what you remember about him.
Derek came into school. I think Coach Walsh personally recruited him. He deserved to get a scholarship, got a scholarship. One of the things about quarterbacks, they throw to guys that are open and catch the ball. That's what he was able to do consistently. That was on a really good football team.
I think the best relationship was, I was coaching the offensive line, he used to live with those guys. He said they used to come home and complain and gripe about me all the time. He said he stuck up for me, so I'll take him for his word.
Did you think he would get into coaching?
I was surprised. I knew that he was going to law school and got his legal degree. He ended up marrying Patrick's sister. She was a doctor. All of a sudden, like my son, he loses his mind and gets into coaching.