Coaches when they were players

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1. Pete Carroll can get it

2. Where is Matt LaFleur, QB of the Omaha Beef?

3. [There’s a much better Andy Reid picture out there.](https://static.www.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_12_desktop/league/dlcmeys4x7l8ybre22iv)

4. Pete Carroll looks like a former First Lady

5. Kliff kingsbury has that peak 2000s look

6. Reid looks exactly the same lmao

7. Vrabel just has this permanent unpleasant look.

8. Thank you for specifying O’Connell was on the left, I got confused.

9. Dan Campbell still remembers that Superbowl and will do everything in his power to avenge it

10. That Andy Reid pic is from 7th grade not BYU

11. Oh, so we’re just excluding UDFAs that got signed by Tampa but didn’t make the team?
    Cool.

    [Zac Taylor](https://i.imgur.com/DqDnjNQ.jpg)

12. Man they don’t make people with heads shaped like Maddens anymore. Could flatten a dollar bill on the corner of that thing.

13. [Mike McDaniel at Yale](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/a6d55483621d470daae2de76f6fb404b/2f786n9.jpg)

14. Holy shit, McVay doesn’t even look like the same person! That goes to show how a good haircut can really be a difference maker.

15. [Belichick playing for Wesleyan](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EzGut3qXEAMLlLF.jpg)

16. Sean Payton was a scab? Another reason to dislike that guy.

17. Madden is one of the most footbally looking football players ever lmao

18. Totally forgot Vrabel was on the Steelers for a few years before joining the Pats

19. [Ron Rivera](https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2022%2F1012%2Fr1074604_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&w=1140&cquality=40&format=jpg)

    Played 9 seasons for the Bears including their Super Bowl win in 1986.

    In the 1980’s shoulder pads were big for women’s fashion and NFL players

20. [A picture of Doug Pederson and some other guy who played for the Packers](https://advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.pennlive.com/home/penn-media/width2048/img/philadelphiaeagles_impact/photo/packers-camp-a254b86bc9677fde.jpg)

21. Of course Payton was a scab lmao

22. McVay is proof that a good haircut and a solid gym routine can give you the ultimate fountain of youth.

23. [Bruce Arians VT QB](https://www.si.com/.image/t_share/MTY4MjU2NzYxNDMwMDI2MTEz/bruce-arians-va-tech-533jpg.jpg)

24. In addition to Frazier, the ‘85 Bears had future coaches Jeff Fisher, Mike Singletary, and Ron Rivera

25. I keep forgetting vrabel was on the Steelers

26. Video by Jon Bois if you’re confused at the scab terminology

    https://youtu.be/ZymSrDfLhW8

27. [Shanahan when he was in Texas.](https://preview.redd.it/st78zyjp38a71.jpg?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=a670db33bf301bd6b6fcdf4eb403419265a66d2d)

28. [Kyle Shanahan as a WR for Texas](https://i2.wp.com/www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Kyle-Shanahan2.jpg)

29. [Frank Reich as QB for the Panthers](https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/sep-1995-quarterback-frank-reich-of-the-carolina-panthers-looks-on-a-picture-id294751)

30. Missing a few:

    * [WR Kyle Shanahan] (https://preview.redd.it/st78zyjp38a71.jpg?auto=webp&s=78056b819a35f42be3d75dc7c3e446f4e8138dc7)

    * [DB Sean McDermott](https://wmsportsblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/sean-mcd-2.jpg?w=768)

    * [OLB Matt Eberflus] (https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2022/02/06223234/Eberflus-3-e1644204816760.jpg)

    * [QB Frank Reich](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/10/18/PROC/706ea5b0-4719-4efa-96ce-98c71a7f4d21-AP_438406931330.jpg?width=1320&height=928&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)

    * [DB Kevin Stefanski](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XKMEFDXCYZC3LOS4MBDFOCOC3Y.jpg)

    * [OLB DeMeco Ryans](https://s.hdnux.com/photos/43/13/25/9221486/16/rawImage.jpg)

    * [QB Shane Steichen](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/17437456_web1_Steichen-Shane-06-action.jpg?crop=1)

    * [WR Josh McDaniels](https://bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/Fjn2r-RJ-B0YzdyvYuOURlFE5qw=/1280×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bostonglobe.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZTFOUGWLOAI6TOAZWTAHBDVO6I.jpg)

    * [WR Mike McDaniel](https://library.sportingnews.com/styles/crop_style_16_9_mobile_2x/s3/2023-01/Mike%20McDaniel.jpg?itok=mlBqkN50)

    * [S Dennis Allen](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLr8HkDVUAYSa_f.jpg:large)

    * [DB Brian Daboll](https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V84N1/images/5.1_brian-daboll-buffalo-bills-college-graduate-yellowjacket.jpg)

31. One thing i’ve learned from this thread – lotta people dislike Sean Payton lol

32. [Jim Harbaugh](https://imgur.com/a/4Tlce3w)

33. [Brandon Staley](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExM35CTUUAE4JwM?format=jpg&name=small)

34. I didn’t know that Sean Payton was a scab, but of course Sean Payton was a scab. Sean the Scab Payton.

35. [Mike Tomlin](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3eMzavXIAE7BrC?format=jpg&name=small)