GREEN BAY, Wis. — Bob Slowik didn’t have much time to chat this week. The 70-year-old former Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator was doing what he’s always done.
“I coach linebackers for Calgary in the CFL,” he said in a text message. “I’m on my way to Hamilton, Ontario. I’ve got travel and meetings.”
There would be no anecdotes about his son, young Bobby, as a kid at Green Bay Southwest High School in the early 2000s; or current Bobby, the 37-year-old offensive coordinator of the Houston Texans during the week of his return to Lambeau Field to face the Packers on Sunday ( 1 p.m. ET, CBS ).
“I’m sure Bobby will enjoy seeing and traveling to a very familiar place he truly cherishes with all the great memories growing up,” said Bob, who coached Packers defensive backs from 2000 to 2003 and was the defensive coordinator for the 2004 season only to be fired after one season in that role.
Slowik finished high school in Green Bay, graduating in 2005, and played Division II football at nearby Michigan Tech University.