This year’s version of a Washington Redskins personnel meeting features several new characters after the team’s loud offseason. A defensive coordinator known for his passion and a brash, veteran offensive line coach were hired, and a taekwondo grandmaster even set up shop to work on their pass rush.
But to coach the quarterbacks, they added 36-year veteran Matt Cavanaugh, who has been steeping in fundamentals-first football since 1956. That’s when he was born in Youngstown, Ohio, a city once home to a team in the league that eventually became the NFL.
Cavanaugh has three Super Bowl rings — and now has three quarterbacks under his tutelage who started games for the Redskins last season.