Paul Brown just said yes. So Reggie Williams just made Nancy Reagan an honorary Bengals coach.
It happened in the ‘80s, when the Bengals were rolling to two Super Bowls, the Reagans were riding into history, and Williams, Brown’s Ivy League Ironman, was showing a future generation just exactly what being involved in the community meant.
“She was always very engaging, very warm,”
Williams recalled Monday. “One time at a White House dinner we engaged in too long a conversation for the reception line.”
Williams, who played a slice of his 14 seasons under four presidents at linebacker for the Bengals while on Cincinnati City Council, met Reagan four times while she was first lady during his civic endeavors
So when he heard she died Sunday at age 94, it brought back some fond memories.