Former Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been one of the best signal-callers in NFL history, has dabbled in broadcast and has been quite the figure in the food industry scene between places like Walk-Ons and Smalls Sliders.
But one of the biggest questions surrounding his future, especially after his small stint at Purdue, is whether or not he will pursue a career in coaching in the future. For now, that does not seem like anything that will be on the immediate horizon. But, at the same time, Brees did not completely rule out the possibility.
“As far as specifically going into coaching, I probably wouldn’t be a college coach or an NFL coach, at this stage,” Brees said in an interview with RG.org. “But I would say that there is always some level of coaching or mentorship that is taking place (in my everyday life).”
Looking back at the time he spent as an assistant coach for Purdue’s bowl game a few years back, Brees seems to view that as just a little kind gesture he did to help out.
“I said to them, ‘While you’re going through this transition, if you need help for the bowl game, I am happy to do that,’” Brees recalled. “I felt like it would be fun to be with the team during the bowl season and kind of solidify confidence in that program at that time.”
When looking at coaching in general, Brees says he feels like he is ‘coaching’ essentially every day in some capacity or another.
“I love coaching. I love coaching my kids,” Brees said. “Indirectly, I am always coaching. Whether it be with young players who are coming up and asking for advice, or an NFL guy calling, I have those conversations all throughout the year.”
While it is still entirely possible that we could see Brees calling plays on the sideline someday, Saints fans will have to put their hopes away that such a thing happening in New Orleans soon is nothing more than a pipe dream.