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25 former college football players destined to be future head coaches

By Dante Pryor

Peyton Manning #18 of the Denver Broncos looks on during the game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 24, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Peyton Manning #18 of the Denver Broncos looks on during the game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 24, 2015 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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Josh McCown, Philadelphia Eagles
Josh McCown, Philadelphia Eagles. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images) /

5. Josh McCown, former Sam Houston State quarterback

Josh McCown fits the mold of the ex-quarterback-turned-head-coach. First of all, McCown is a journeyman quarterback. Many quarterbacks turned head coaches play for multiple teams. That is an asset for anyone desiring to be a head coach.

Players that sit under multiple coaches have the opportunity to get an idea of how they want to lead and how they don’t want to lead. McCown has played for nine different teams. In addition to leadership, players see different offensive philosophies.

McCown has already been identified as a player who has the potential to be a good coach someday. While playing for Cleveland in 2016, former head coach Hugh Jackson offered McCown an opportunity to coach. ” I told him already if he ever wanted to coach, he could coach for me anytime he wants,” Jackson said.

McCown’s last two stoops, Philadelphia and New York, he mentored young quarterbacks, Carson Wentz and Sam Darnold. McCown has had the experience of being the veteran in younger quarterback rooms. That experience could lend itself to a path of becoming a quarterback guru.

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