Marquice Williams was nervous and excited. It was Sunday morning, Jan. 17, 2021. The next day was potentially the biggest of his professional life.
After years of meandering through colleges and bouncing among NFL teams, moving from positions as a Bill Walsh diversity coaching fellow to one as an assistant special teams coach, he was about to receive the chance he wanted.
The chance to interview to be a coordinator.
It was a time when everything was uncertain. Ever since Matt Patricia had been fired from the Detroit Lions, and Marquice's specific boss, Brayden Coombs, had been let go weeks after that, his future was unknown.