Philadelphia memories surface with John DeFilippo wherever he goes.
The well-traveled Vikings offensive coordinator has a replica of the Lombardi Trophy in his St. Paul home, a gift Eagles coach Doug Pederson gave to his entire staff after Philadelphia won its franchise’s first Super Bowl last winter with DeFilippo coaching quarterbacks.
And all the quarterbacks he has coached, from the Oakland Raiders to the New York Jets to the Eagles and the Vikings, always get asked a trivia question about the Philadelphia 76ers — “I saw [7-foot-6] Shawn Bradley’s first game as a Sixer and he was not the tallest person at the tip.