Spurrier met with Kurt Scottenheimer, younger brother of deposed coach Marty Schottenheimer, on Friday morning about the job. Kurt Schottenheimer served as coordinator in 2001. It was after their meeting that Spurrier sought permission for the Bradley interview.

The timing of the interview is uncertain.

Bradley, 54, played nine seasons as a safety in the NFL, with the Philadelphia Eagles (1969-76) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1977). He was a three-time Pro Bowl performer and led the league in interceptions in both 1971 (11) and 1972 (nine), and remains one of only two players in history to lead the NFL in pickoffs in consecutive years.

The former University of Texas star was a third-round draft choice in 1969.

He began his non-playing career as a personnel assistant with the San Antonio Gunslingers of the USFL in 1984 and then became the secondary coach for the league's Memphis Showboats a year later. The head coach of the Showboats was Pepper Rodgers, who is now a vice president for the Redskins, and he recommended Bradley to Spurrier.

Bradley's coaching career also includes stops at Texas (1987); Calgary (1988-90), Sacramento (1994), San Antonio (1995) and Toronto (1996-97) of the CFL; the San Antonio franchise in the World League (1991-92); and the Buffalo Bills (1998-2000).