He’s part Samurai, part Samuel L. Jackson. He’s half philosopher, half platoon sergeant. If a football coach could ever be compared to a kaleidoscope, it’s the Cardinals’ Brentson Buckner, because he’s probably the only position coach in the NFL that can make a player fall to the ground in laughter, curse his name under their breath and still ask him to be the best man at your wedding.
Buckner, back this season for his second tour of duty as the team’s defensive line coach, is many things to many people.
To his family, he’s a beloved husband and loving father of three, including a son, Brandon, a star defensive end at Chandler High who is the state’s only player named Preseason First Team High School All-American by USA Today.