NFL Coach of the Year: Picking Up the Trash and Raking the Leaves

by Richard Scott
AFM Staff Writer
American Football Monthly May 1999 Issue OnlineIt was gut check time for the Atlanta Falcons. At halftime of an NFC playoff game against San Francisco 49ers, the Falcons sat in their locker room of the Georgia Dome, reeling from a series that of odd calamities that turned a potential 21-0 halftime lead into a tenuous 14-10 edge.

"The mood wasn't good. It was like, 'oh man, what's happening?'" recalled Falcons wide receiver Terance Mathis. "Then Dan came into the room."

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