Willingham back leading Collinsville
Posted: Jul 30, 2021 6:10 PM
Posted By: Lynden Blake
Media day in Dekalb County featured some new but familiar faces. Both apply to Collinsville coach, Ernie Willingham.
Coach Willingam led the Panthers for 12 years over two stints as the head coach.
When Daniel Garrett left this summer to go back to his Alma mater at Rogers, Coach Willingham was suppose to only be part of the search committee helping the principal. He actually asked me what I thought, and I said I think you need to open it up, hit a home run, Willingham said. He said what if I can t find anybody this late? I said well call me back. Then he put out a press release saying I had the job, never called me back.
Chuck Foreman, Robert Smith, Kevin Williams & Chad Greenway Revisit Draft Days Apr 29, 2021 at 09:00 AM
Robert Smith was too uneasy to enjoy a pancake with roommates.
Kevin Williams left his spot manning the grill.
Chad Greenway got the most out of a landline s phone cord before a send-off.
The four former first-round picks of the Vikings Foreman in 1973, Smith in 1993, Williams in 2003 and Greenway in 2006 recently got together for a conversation hosted by Pete Bercich that was a featured segment of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.
Each shared draft memories and explained signature welcome-to-the-NFL moments.
The conversation starts at the 26:10 mark after pre-draft analysis by Vikings Entertainment Network s Jay Nelson, Chris Corso and Eric Smith. Listen to the whole episode, or check out some highlights, below.