Fewell worked five seasons -- from 1998 through 2002 -- for Giants Coach Tom Coughlin in Jacksonville, where Coughlin was coach of the Jaguars.
He followed Chris Palmer, another future N.F.L. head coach, to Boston University, where he worked six seasons until Chin called.
While she now runs a Thai restaurant in town, when she was younger she worked five seasons picking berries.
In addition to working with Tom Izzo at Michigan State, the 36-year-old Gregory also worked five seasons under Jud Heathcote, from 1990 to 1996.
One of them, Grant Lovato, 46, who worked two seasons with the Lewis crew while serving time in prison for credit card fraud and identity theft, is now a firefighter for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in Gulfport, Miss.
John Hirschbeck persevered, working two seasons in the Class-A FSL, moving up to the Double-A Eastern League in 1978 and then advancing to the Triple-A International League in 1979 and staying four seasons, one large step away from the Major Leagues.
But the replacements now have far less experience than those that worked one regular-season game during the last lockout in 2001.
It commissioned Philippe Fenelon's "Salammbô" in 1998 and Philippe Manoury's "K...". in 2001, rescheduling each work two seasons later.
Cowher is the fourth former N.F.L. coach to work for the CBS program, following George Seifert, the former San Francisco 49ers coach who was dismissed by CBS after the 1998 season; Jerry Glanville, who worked for three seasons; and Mike Ditka, who worked for two.
He also worked for three seasons on "Britain's Worst Driver," the show that started it all and which franchises that concept worldwide.
