LAS VEGAS – Rich Gannon remembers Brian Callahan as a teenager.
During those days, Gannon was the quarterback for the Oakland Raiders, and Brian’s dad was the coach.
“Brian would come out to practice, and he would throw with us,” Gannon said of Brian Callahan, who was named head coach of the Tennessee Titans last month. “Back then, he’d ask a ton of questions. He was very curious, very thoughtful, very respectful. You could tell Brian was a great kid, so I took a liking to him right away and had a lot of conversations with him. We talked a lot of football.”
At the time, Brian Callahan was a high school quarterback at De La Salle High School in California. Bill Callahan, Brian’s dad, served as offensive coordinator with the Raiders (1998–2001) before serving as head coach (2002–2003).
Gannon played 18 seasons in the NFL, including six seasons with the Raiders, where he was named NFL MVP in 2002 while guiding the team to the Super Bowl with a win over the Titans in the AFC Championship Game.
A four-time Pro Bowler, Gannon is now an analyst for CBS, SiriusXMNFL and 33rd team.
He’s in Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII.
“People who don’t know Bill Callahan don’t know how good of a football coach he is, and he helped my career so much,” Gannon said. “I see a lot of the qualities and characteristic in Brian that I saw in Bill. I did a lot of those games in Cincinnati with Brian and (Bengals HC) Zac Taylor were just starting out and you could tell that Brian was really sharp, and Zac realized how good an asset Brian was. Brian does it the right way – there are no shortcuts with Brian. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. One of the greatest assets he has is he feels he can outwork you, and that’s how Bill was as well. He would come early and stay late, and he was so detailed and so smart.
“I know Brian is the same way, and I know the experience he had being around his dad, being around Jon Gruden, being…
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