Interestingly, I don't think Adams played college ball. (Then again, I believe he was busy shipping out to Korea with the USMC right after high school...)
Following his own stint in the Marines, Butler played two years of juco and one year at Illinois, then coached for three years at Evansville... his only experience before joining the Chicago Blitz staff. He was still in his mid-thirties when the Blitz named him their Director of Pro Scouting.
Looking at the scouting staff in the 2000 media guide, quite a few of them - Forsyth, Gibbons, Majeski - started here as interns while still in their mid-20s.
Hey, everybody has to start somewhere.