Long before Woody Johnson saw head-coaching potential in Todd Bowles, Doug Williams knew Bowles had the makeup of a great coach.
In 1997, shortly after being named head coach at Morehouse College, Williams called his former Redskins teammate and asked him to be his defensive coordinator.
“I got the job and the first person I thought about was Todd,” Williams said in a phone call this week.
At first, Bowles was unsure. He was working as a scout for the Packers and was beginning to enjoy the scouting life. Bowles had not thought much about coaching before that, but now here was Williams, the hero of Super Bowl XXII, asking him to join him.