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Candle, Kehres, Sirianni began coaching careers together at Mount Union

The biggest complaint Jason Candle has about Nick Sirianni is his inability to clean the dishes.

The head coaches of the Toledo Rockets and Philadelphia Eagles were teammates and co-workers at Mount Union. And for a three-year period, they lived in the same Alliance, Ohio, house, where the dishes piled up and arguments commenced about who was responsible for the mess.

On Sunday, Sirianni will play for the most coveted kitchen table centerpiece in all of sports: the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

“Really proud of him, really excited for him,” Candle said. “I’m always looking and watching his team’s production and record.