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Doug Williams

Doug Williams

American football coach

Jun 16, 2026

4:37
Robinson, who you played for at Grambling.
4:40
I remember when I first got drafted, a reporter asked Coach Rob, what would it take for Doug Williams to play in the National Football League? And Coach Robinson gave him a one-word answer.
4:51
He'd say, opportunities.
4:54
And that was the bottom line.
4:55
And so to have the opportunity to play in the Super Bowl, I understood what it was all about, especially for Black America and the opportunity that guys before me didn't have.
5:07
And that probably could have played way before I did if they had been given the opportunity.
5:11
And I thought about the guys that was coming after me.

32 MINS LATER

36:46
You know, it stands in, it symbolizes so much misunderstanding, so many doubts, so many biases, frankly, right? And how do you remember it?
45:55
Well, Doug could probably speak better to that, because he went right to the pros out of college, where I went to the CFL, so I was more coveted there, and they wanted me there, where in the NFL they didn't, so I didn't have that chance to feel that feeling.
46:11
Right, and Warren said, and even to Warren, he had to go to Canada.
46:16
Number one, so evidently they were thinking this before he had to go to Calgary.
46:20
Ain't no way in the world he should not have been in the NFL.
46:24
And I was drafted in first round, 17th pick, and I was fortunate to have Shaq to talk to all the time, Coach Robinson, my family, and had something to lean on.
46:38
But at the same time, I knew, that I had to play.
46:43
I can remember telling Coach Rob on draft day, I said, Coach, if I don't go in, because I always wanted to be a high school coach, number one, let me say that.

12 MINS LATER

59:19
coach.
1:31
Close my eyes.
1:35
See what we got.
1:36
Jesus.
1:38
Oh, man.
1:39
Does it take you back? Oh, this is what it's all about right now.
1:41
Does it take you back? This is what it's all about.
1:43
You made it right.
4:04
So, Doug, seeing these and obviously taking you back a little bit, how does this make you feel? Yeah.

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