Brett Favre: a return to football as a coach?
Brett Favre says he may return to the game in his post-retirement years as a coach or possibly an analyst. The former NFL quarterback retired in January.
Brett Favre may be making a return to the game in a new capacity. The retired quarterback says he may become a coach or do work as a television analyst.
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Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he might become a coach or do work as a television analyst in the future, though he has no plans to enter either field anytime soon.
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The 41-year-old Favre ended a 20-year playing career after an injury-plagued 2010 season with the Minnesota Vikings.
The former Southern Mississippi star has famously wavered on retirement over the last few off-seasons, but the three-time NFL Most Valuable Player told WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg on Thursday that he was "starting a new career."
He submitted his retirement paperwork to the NFL in January.
Favre, in an interview at a football camp at Oak Grove High School, said he's spent the last several months traveling and following Southern Miss baseball.
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