Red Cochran spent 42 years working for the Packers as an assistant coach and scout. This is the second of a two-part oral history and starts with his second stint on the Packers’ coaching staff. After serving as Vince Lombardi’s backfield coach for eight seasons, Cochran returned to the Packers in 1971 as Dan Devine’s backfield coach. Cochran subsequently served as a college scout from 1975 to 2004. He was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1997.
On returning to the Packers in 1971: “I had gone to San Diego to work for Charlie Waller, a good friend, when (Sid) Gillman stepped upstairs.