Dan Quinn accidentally fires off hilarious line in opening press conference

Dan Quinn is a football coach, and apparently, quite the wordsmith.

The Washington Commanders officially introduced Quinn as their next head coach Monday, holding a press conference at their headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia. Quinn, who admitted he swears a lot, allowed himself one opportunity to get in a swear word. The statement that came out next, well, came out in a rather interesting way.

Listen and read for yourself here:

"There's nothing I enjoy more than doing hard shit with good people." – New Washington Commanders HC Dan Quinn pic.twitter.com/Y4r8fByV0x

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 5, 2024

“There’s nothing I enjoy more than doing hard shit with good people,” Quinn said.

Well stated, Dan. Well stated.

Beyond the fun moment at the introductory presser, the 53-year-old Quinn divulged into how he plans to turn the 4-13 Commanders from irrelevant to relevant. According to Quinn, this isn’t a rebuild; it’s a recalibration. Quinn offered a callback to what took place in Atlanta when he served as the Falcons’ head coach.

“I can remember Matt Ryan, after my first year together, he said, ‘I felt like I got traded, but I went back to the same building,’ and I thought to myself, ‘Good job,'” Quinn said. “Because that’s what I was wanting them to feel. They needed a recalibration and our club does too. And so that’s what I anticipate doing.”

Dan Quinn not interested in rebuilding Commanders

Quinn is bringing in a new staff with him as he aims to recalibrate the Commanders. He announced that offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy will not return in 2024. Kliff Kingsbury will instead take on the role as offensive coordinator, making his return to the NFL after previously being head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.

Kingsbury’s job is simple: Improve an offense which has ranked 20th or worse in both yards and points for six consecutive seasons.

“In the same way of why I wanted to hire Kyle [Shanahan] years ago, [Kingsbury] was hard to go against,” Quinn said. “He would stretch the field horizontally and vertically, and going against Kliff, those same feelings you had: This is going to be tough — matchups, formations, speed, shots down the field, aggressiveness, boldness to go. And so, as a coach, you were writing down some names if this is something in your future that said, ‘If I get that shot, this is somebody I would want to talk to.'”

On the defensive side of the ball, Joe Whitt Jr. will serve as defensive coordinator. Whitt is making the jump to Washington along with Quinn after holding the title of secondary coach and pass game coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys for the past three seasons.

“Just seeing the detail, the connection, the play style,” Quinn said. “To play good defense you’d better be a good tackling team, you’d better take the ball away. Those are two things the units he was charged with have been excellent at over the last three years.”