Anthony Lynn credits Bill Walsh for getting him into coaching

The Los Angeles Chargers formally introduced Anthony Lynn as their next head coach, and his press conference was all sorts of entertaining. He accidentally referred to them as the “San Diego” Chargers, he swore, and we event got a cool Bill Walsh story out of it.

Lynn spent two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, appearing in six games with the team in 1995 and all 16 in 1996. He was a running back who would later spend three seasons with the Denver Broncos before retiring and entering the coaching ranks as a Broncos special teams assistant.

However, it was during his time with the 49ers that he actually first thought about becoming a coach. During his introductory press conference, Lynn…