YOU’VE EVER COACHED: Ronnie Lott… MOST INSPIRATIONAL PLAYER YOU’VE EVER COACHED: Monte Coleman… TOUGHEST COACH YOU’VE EVER FACED: Buddy Ryan because of his great defensive schemes… GREATEST TEAM YOU EVER COMPETED AGAINST: 1985 Chicago Bears… TOUGHEST GAME YOU’VE EVER COMPETED IN, AS A COACH OR PLAYER: 2002 Miami at Denver… LOUDEST CROWD OF YOUR FOOTBALL CAREER: Any game at RFK Stadium… MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE FOOTBALL WRITER YOU’VE EVER MET: Rick Gosselin, Dallas Morning News… MOST UNDERRATED ASPECT OF FOOTBALL: How physical it is… MOST MEMORABLE FOOTBALL MOMENT: Winning Super Bowls in 1992 and ‘93… IF YOU WEREN’T COACHING, WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING: Teaching… ANY TRENDS YOU SEE DEVELOPING IN THE NFL IN 2007: Each year teams continue to be more dependant on the passing game.
KEN WHISENHUNT – ARIZONA CARDINALS HOBBIES: Golf and reading… LAST BOOK READ: "Flags of our Fathers" by James Bradley… FAVORITE FOOD: Buffalo wings… FAVORITE VACATION SPOT: Lake Burton, Georgia and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina… BEST FOOTBALL NICKNAME: “Steel Curtain”… FAVORITE COLLEGE TOWN: Ann Arbor, Michigan (University of Michigan)… WHAT NFL TEAM DID YOU FOLLOW AS A CHILD: Dallas Cowboys… FAVORITE ATHLETE AS A CHILD: Arnold Palmer (I grew up in Augusta!)… FAVORITE STADIUM OTHER THAN YOUR OWN AND WHY: Ford Field in Detroit because I won Super Bowl XL there… FAVORITE OTHER SPORT: Golf… PERSON YOU’D MOST LIKE TO MEET: Vince Lombardi… PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED YOU THE MOST: My parents… BEST ADVICE EVER RECEIVED: Be yourself and always respect others… PLAYER (FORMER OR CURRENT) WHO’D MAKE A GREAT HEAD COACH: Matt Cushing… GREATEST OVERACHIEVER YOU’VE EVER COACHED: Wayne Chrebet… BEST PURE ATHLETE YOU’VE EVER COACHED: Eric Green… TOUGHEST PLAYER YOU’VE EVER COACHED: Hines Ward… MOST INSPIRATIONAL PLAYER YOU’VE EVER COACHED: Jerome Bettis… FUNNIEST PLAYER YOU’VE EVER COACHED: Jerome Bettis because of his impersonations and quick wit… TOUGHEST COACH YOU’VE EVER FACED: Dick LeBeau. He’s like a mad scientist. His schemes are difficult and his players play hard… GREATEST TEAM YOU’VE EVER COMPETED AGAINST: San Francisco of the late ‘80s… TOUGHEST GAME YOU’VE EVER COMPETED IN, AS A COACH OR PLAYER: “Monday Night Miracle,” the Jets vs. Dolphins… LOUDEST CROWD OF YOUR FOOTBALL CAREER: Seattle Kingdome… MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE FOOTBALL WRITER YOU’VE EVER MET: Furman Bisher, Atlanta Journal-Constitution… MOST UNDERRATED ASPECT OF FOOTBALL: Situational football, field position and special teams… HARDEST JOB IN FOOTBALL: Quality control coaches… MOST EMBARRASSING FOOTBALL MOMENT: Getting pushed and falling on my butt in front of the whole team by Mark Bruener in practice… MOST MEMORABLE FOOTBALL MOMENT: My first NFL touchdown in Texas Stadium as a Falcon, and tying No. 1 Notre Dame as a freshman walk-on QB at Georgia Tech… ONE THING THAT SHOULD NEVER CHANGE ABOUT PRO FOOTBALL: Its position as the No. 1 sport in the United States… IF YOU WEREN’T COACHING, WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING: Attempting to be a civil engineer… ANY TRENDS YOU SEE DEVELOPING IN THE NFL IN 2007: Success of first-year coaches.