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Darren Rizzi Gave Way Too Much Detail About Bathroom Experience Before First Win as Coach

Rizzi shared seemingly every detail of his day from his first win as interim head coach of the Saints.

Josh Wilson

Rizzi took over for Allen after Allen was fired midway through his third season as Saints head coach
Rizzi took over for Allen after Allen was fired midway through his third season as Saints head coach / Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
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Darren Rizzi has had himself one heck of a week. To start, he was named interim head coach of the New Orleans Saints after Dennis Allen was fired. He had just days to get oriented to his new role and prepare his team for a huge rivalry game against the Atlanta Falcons.

Saints players were highly complimentary of Rizzi's character and motivational abilities throughout the week. Prior to this role, he was special teams coordinator and has been assistant coach the last few seasons.

Then, his intensity was palpable during the game, demonstrating exactly why he was the go-to after Allen was fired.

Flying high after a 20⁠–17 victory in his first game as coach, he was a bit loose-lipped in his press conference after the game. He said to start the day, he thought it wouldn't go well because he clogged a toilet in the coaches' locker room.

"Not really feeling like a head coach of an NFL team right now," he remarked.

As far as what prompted him to share this mundane and somewhat embarrasing detail of his day, it's hard to say. Maybe another coach was blamed and he felt some guilt over the incident. Or, maybe he was trying to illustrate just how much he's still settling into the importance of the role as a normal guy.

"There was moments today where like, I'm almost forgetting, I'm just going through my routine, and I'm kinda forgetting that I'm the head coach a couple times."

Rizzi has scored so many points in the likability category today.

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Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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