02-16-2009 12:15 PM

(Georgetown and Colgate Alum) Schwartz Now a Lion King

He has plan to make NFL’s Lions roaring success.

The head coach overseeing one of the biggest rebuilding jobs in NFL history knows what it’s like to work his way up from the bottom.

Jim Schwartz had a degree from Georgetown, but he wasn’t too proud to accept a low-level job on Bill Belichick’s Cleveland Browns staff in 1993. If Belichick had posted an advertisement for the position that Schwartz accepted, it would have read something like this:

“Job has no official title. Pay: $0. Work in the scouting department. Good driving and navigational skills required to pick players up at the airport, and also take them to the Cleveland Clinic for physical exams. Good filer of paper. Must be able to gather football videotape of college players. Long hours required.”

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