As one legendary NFL coach once put it: Leaders are made, they are not born.
In the rich tapestry that is pro football history, we’ve seen a lot of different personalities roam on NFL sidelines. The league has not been short on firebrands willing to start contentious feuds all over the country on a whim. It’s had more than its fair of eccentrics whose singular focus on football served them and their players quite well. More often than not, in fact, the classic “Football Guy” coach is who our obsessive American culture has lionized as a hero time and again.
