Friday, March 29

Brian Flores: Marvin Lewis details similar interview experience with Panthers



Former Bengals coach Marvin Lewis detailed on ESPN’s first-take how he experienced a similar interview experience with the Panthers after the 2001 season as the two Brian Flores detailed in his class-action lawsuit concerning the Broncos and Giants.

“I did interview with the Carolina Panthers before John Fox got the job,” said Lewis. “And I can recall that we had lost to the Steelers in the second round of the playoffs and I remember sitting at home on Monday and, I think it was Chris Mortensen or someone else, they reported that Foxy would be named the head coach of the Panthers on Friday.

“And when I went to work Tuesday, Brian [Billick] came in, said, ‘I just got off the phone with Ozzie [Newsome] and the Panthers want you to come down and interview for the job.’ I said, ‘Coach, I just heard last night on TV that they’re gonna name Foxy the coach on Friday.’ So he goes back, he talks to Ozzie, he talks to their people, and I end up going down to Charlotte and meeting with the Richardson family and they said that wasn’t true and so forth. And they named John the head coach on Friday.




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