{"id":896,"date":"2026-06-12T15:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=896"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:11:11","slug":"phillys-andre-mintze-retired-from-football-to-work-in-healthcare-now-hes-back-to-chase-another-ufl-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=896","title":{"rendered":"Philly\u2019s Andre Mintze retired from football to work in healthcare. Now, he\u2019s back to chase another UFL championship."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When Andre Mintze decided to end his brief retirement from football last week, two games before the DC Defenders were set to defend their United Football League title, he didn\u2019t anticipate it to be a \u201cbig deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=894\">BalletX\u2019s unveils its 2026-27 season, including a new ballet set in Prohibition-era Philadelphia<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The spring football league had been Mintze\u2019s continued connection with the sport for the last three years. The 27-year-old Philly native\u2019s journey, forged at Imhotep, saw him persevere through early adversity at Vanderbilt, and endure brief stops in the NFL with the Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He became one of the top pass rushers in the UFL last season en route to the Defenders\u2019 championship, and had walked away from the sport earlier this year after beginning his post-football career in healthcare. But there he was last Sunday, being interviewed by ESPN sideline reporter Tom Luginbill during the Defenders\u2019 playoff game against the Orlando Storm.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Former NFL linebacker Andre Mintze took PTO from his day job and came out of retirement to help the DC Defenders during their UFL playoff run.pic.twitter.com\/wViMxBwz7D<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Front Office Sports (@FOS) June 7, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mintze\u2019s return wasn\u2019t a big surprise to him. He had been in contact with Defenders coach Shannon Harris throughout the season. But what grabbed people\u2019s attention was the fact he used paid time off to rejoin the Defenders for a two-week stint to chase a second consecutive championship.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was talking to [Shannon Harris] on the phone, and I was like, \u2018Man, listen, I\u2019ll do anything that\u2019s needed to make sure you hold up that trophy, if it\u2019s giving out water, if it\u2019s running down on kickoff, or if it\u2019s playing on defense, man, I\u2019m going to do everything in my power to make sure that if the timing, if it works out, that we do this thing,\u2019\u201d Mintze told The Inquirer by phone this week.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe sent me a picture of my locker number, and long story short, bought my plane ticket, and I ended up in Dallas &#8230; and it was all history from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\u2018Stuff like this doesn\u2019t happen often\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>At Vanderbilt, Mintze earned a degree in medicine, health, and society, and was finally able to put it to use in Baltimore with Brighter Days Recovery Center, which provides psychiatric and substance abuse care. He began as a quality assurance director and was promoted to chief operating officer in January, two months before the UFL season started.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Making the connection, Mintze revealed, was a story in itself. Because spring football lasted just four months a year, players often needed another job to support themselves. Before his job at Brighter Days, Mintze was a car salesperson at Mercedes-Benz in Catonsville, Md.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>There, he met the owner of Brighter Days, Dr. Walter Toller III, and sold him a car two years ago. After sharing his story with Toller, Mintze returned to football for the 2025 season. Needing to figure out his next role after winning the UFL title, the pair reconnected at, of course, a football game.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=892\">Herr\u2019s debuts three new limited-time flavors, inspired by Philly<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe responded and told me to come watch the Ravens game with him and people in his company,\u201d Mintze said. \u201cWe watched the Ravens game with him and got to speak to him one-on-one, and he was like, \u2018Hey, you looking for a job?\u2019 I was like, \u2018Yes.\u2019<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe had someone reach out to me two weeks later. \u2026 He gave me a chance to jump start my healthcare career, and I was just kind of like, \u2018Man, stuff like this doesn\u2019t happen often, nor does it happen on purpose.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\u2018Kid in the candy store\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Just over two weeks ago, Mintze was in meetings, working his 9-to-5 job. Now, he is on the cusp of being on a football field one last time, competing in the UFL championship game against the Louisville Kings at Audi Field in Washington on Saturday (3 p.m., 6abc).<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mintze\u2019s energy in his return to the Defenders last weekend, who had a 5-5 record entering the game against the top-seeded Storm, certainly emanated with his teammates in the 28-22 win. The edge rusher finished with one tackle.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was like a kid in the candy store, like it was Week 11 [of the UFL season], and I\u2019m flying around shaking everybody\u2019s hands, because a lot of these guys I\u2019ve been on teams with for the past three years,\u201d Mintze said. \u201cWe built the relationship, built the rapport, and I\u2019m just extremely excited just to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Football, which Mintze has played since he was 10 years old, was his \u201clifelong dream,\u201d and he now has a chance to close the chapter on his playing career on Saturday in front of several family members, who are making the less than three-hour drive this weekend. His boss at Brighter Days, Toller, will be there, too.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBeing a two-time champion in a professional football league is something not a lot of people say [they] can be a part of, so I think it would just be something for me to make sure that myself and the team that I\u2019m on goes out on top,\u201d said Mintze. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just kind of rolling with it, enjoying every moment of it, and doing my part to make sure that however capacity the team needs me, that we\u2019re able to hold a championship trophy up at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=890\">North Philly coaches feel overlooked by MLB\u2019s decision to not invest in their baseball programs<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Imhotep standout came back to the United Football League recently to help his DC Defenders defend their title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Philly\u2019s Andre Mintze retired from football to work in healthcare. 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