The San Diego Chargers have gone 5-for-5 in interviewing head coaching candidates who've won a Super Bowl ring as either a player or assistant coach.

The latest is a former Tuna helper, Mike Zimmer, who met with Chargers executives as they continued to search for a replacement for the fired Marty Schottenheimer.

Zimmer was hired recently as Atlanta's defensive coordinator after doing the same job for Bill Parcells in Dallas. With Parcells' status uncertain, Zimmer jumped to the Falcons on Jan. 9. Parcells, the Cowboys' coach for four season, retired two weeks later.

"When Bill came in, he helped me a lot in wanting to be a head coach," Zimmer said. "Some people, that's all they dream about. All I dream about is being the best I can be and getting the players to play as best as they can and hopefully win a lot of championships."

Zimmer started with Dallas in 1994 and worked for head coaches Barry Switzer, Chan Gailey, Dave Campo and Parcells. He was the defensive coordinator from 2000-06.

"I've seen a lot of different ways that work," he said.

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