Coach

The Chargers led the NFL in pass defense in 2010 and secondary coach Steve Wilks and Dishman, a former Pro Bowl and All-Pro cornerback in his own right, deserved to take a bow for their success. Cornerback Antoine Cason led the team in interceptions, while he, safety Eric Weddle and fellow corner Quentin Jammer ranked 1-2-3 in passes defensed.

A participant in the NFL’s Minority Coaching Fellowship Program, Dishman worked training camps with the Miami Dolphins in ’06, Oakland Raiders in ’07 and Chargers in ’08 before landing a full-time gig in San Diego in 2009.

Dishman was an All-Big Ten pick as a senior at Purdue, where he also competed in track. In 1988, the Houston Oilers selected him in the fifth-round of the NFL Draft and he played 13 seasons, including two in Washington (1997-98) when Norv Turner was the Redskins’ head coach. Dishman also played for Kansas City and Minnesota, retiring in 2000 with 43 career interceptions and three touchdown returns.

Dishman had a career-high six interceptions in 1991, pulling down Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors. In ’93 he had another six-pick season, while forcing a career-high four fumbles. In ’97, his first season in Washington, Dishman was named to the Pro Bowl after intercepting four passes and returning one for a touchdown.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he was inducted into the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009.

Dishman and wife, Carmen, have three sons, Cris, Coy and Ethan, and a daughter, Bianca.