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'Be authentic': How 29-year-old Denver Broncos DBs coach Christian Parker reaches players

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Christian Parker was a redshirt freshman wide receiver at the University of Richmond in 2010 when he announced to then-Spiders head coach Latrell Scott that he wanted to be a coach.

"And he kind of looked at me, and smiled a little bit and he asked me, I think, the sort of question I've now seen coaches ask those who want to be coaches to see if they understand what they might be getting into," Parker said with a laugh. "He said to me, 'So, you came to the University of Richmond to study political science and you want to be a coach?