"It was awesome, it really was," the Panthers head coach told ChicagoBears.com this week at the NFL Combine. "Brian is a tremendous man, and that's the best way to put it. He really is a good person first and foremost, and then a heck of a football player. I'm very happy and very pleased that I got the opportunity to be around him."
Urlacher was voted into the Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2018 on Feb. 3, the day before Super Bowl LII in Minnesota. Selected by the Bears with the ninth pick in the 2000 draft out of New Mexico, Urlacher played all 13 of his illustrious NFL seasons in Chicago.