Duce Staley, running backs coach/assistant head coach

"I would have been retired from my other career – playing in the league. I did a little bit of radio work in South Carolina after I played. Maybe I would have done some of that, but after my playing career ended, I was going to be retired and happy and then a coaching opportunity came along. Once I got into coaching, I loved it. I love the teaching aspect of it. But if I hadn't done coaching, man, I think I would have just stayed retired from everything."

Phillip Daniels, defensive line

"Honestly, I always wanted to give professional wrestling a try. I played in the NFL and was always a physical guy, so being a 'rassler would have been fun. I'll go with that: Professional wrestler. I would have gotten after some guys."

Ken Flajole, linebackers

"I would have gone into the FBI. In fact, I interviewed and got the job going into the FBI and then they did the home interview. The guy said, 'If you think coaching is exciting wait until you rack a shotgun on a drug bust.' My wife (Teri) looked at me and said, 'No way.' That's the truth. And that was the end of my FBI career.

"When I was early in coaching, I saw guys getting fired all the time and I didn't want to put my kids through that where I'm moving around all over the place. One of my father's friends was a Seattle director of the FBI and he got me connected. I did all the interviews before the very last one, the home interview, the last one they do before they send you to Quantico for the real FBI stuff and that's when it ended."

Tim Hauck, safeties

"When I went to college, the plan was to be a high school teacher and a high school football coach and that was basically following in my father's footsteps. That was the way I was headed. My dad (Robert Sr.) was a 30-year coach at Sweetgrass County High School in Montana. He was my mentor and my idol and I tried to replicate him as much as I could. I happened to have a long professional playing career and then had the thought along the way that I would go right into coaching, and here I am. I couldn't have asked for anything better."

Justin Peelle, tight ends