Six years may not seem like a very long time, but in the National Football League, that may as well be a lifetime.
No one knows this more than Michael Clay.
Just six years ago, Clay was roaming the Eagles' sidelines as the team's assistant special teams coordinator. In the time since, he has endured a two-win season, enjoyed the thrills of a Super Bowl run, and suffered the heartbreak of coming oh so close to winning it all.
But with those peaks and valleys came the growth that helped him land his first coordinator position in the NFL at just 29 years old.
While Clay's success seemingly occurred overnight, it didn't. It was something he had spent years preparing for, so when it came time to sit down with Head Coach Nick Sirianni for the Eagles' special teams coordinator position, Clay was ready.
According to Sirianni, Clay's interview was simply "incredible."
"Anything we threw at him, he had an answer for, and it was a good, detailed answer that he's thought through," Sirianni said of Clay.
"You can just tell that this guy has been preparing to be a special teams coordinator his entire career," Sirianni added.
So, what can Eagles Everywhere expect out of Clay's special teams units?
According to the man himself, his players will play fast, with discipline and fearlessness. And when all of that adds up to a big play, they will not forget to have fun.
"You can be an absolute game-wrecker on special teams and if you have that mindset like, 'No one can stop me on the outside' or 'stop me on the interior.' It's one of those things where it gets your confidence up and now, you're playing at an elite level," Clay said during a recent episode of the Eagles Insider podcast.
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