San Diego running back LaDainian Tomlinson and New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees were honored Wednesday as the NFL's players of the year, while the Saints' Sean Payton picked up another coach of the year award. Tomlinson, who won The Associated Press' MVP award by a wide margin over Brees, rushed for 1,815 yards and a league-record 28 touchdowns this season, plus he set another NFL record by finishing with 186 points and 31 overall touchdowns. "This means a lot to me," Tomlinson said in video remarks shown at a news conference at the Super Bowl.

Chargers safety Terrence Kiel was cited for urinating in public last month, his second run-in with the law in less than three months and the eighth by a San Diego player since April. Maria Velasquez, spokeswoman for City Attorney Mike Aguirre, confirmed that Kiel was cited and released by police outside a nightclub in the Gaslamp Quarter at 1:50 a.m. on Dec. 18. The case is being reviewed and no charges have been filed yet, Velasquez said. Kiel is scheduled to make a court appearance on Feb. 20.

Bobby Ross retired Monday as Army's football coach, and without a victory over Navy in his three seasons with the Black Knights. The former NFL coach, who had a 9-25 record at Army, will be succeeded by offensive line coach Stan Brock.

San Diego is expected to release veteran linebacker Donnie Edwards to make room for some of its young talent on defense. Edwards, an 11-year veteran, will be 34 next season, but he has missed just one game since his rookie year and led the Chargers in tackles again last season with 142.

After spending the past five seasons as the Chargers running backs coach, Clarence Shelmon has agreed to contract terms to become the team?s offensive coordinator. The team is expected to finalize the contract with Shelmon late next week. He replaces Cam Cameron who last week became the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. ?Clarence has a strong familiarity with this offense and he?s a terrific teacher,? Head Coach Marty Schottenheimer said. ?When you look at the players that he has coached, not only here but going back to Emmitt Smith and Chris Warren, he?s had a lot of success. It made all the sense in the world to me to go ahead and designate him as the offensive coordinator.?

San Diego defensive coordinator Wade Phillips interviewed Friday with the Cowboys about replacing retired head coach Bill Parcells. Phillips, the former head coach at Denver and Buffalo who also had interim stints in New Orleans and Atlanta, said he had a "very encompassing talk" with Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones. "I'm going to go on my record," Phillips said. "I've won as a head coach, been in the playoffs three out of the five years I've been a head coach. ... I have a lot of experience; I've been 30 years in the league, 25 as either a head coach or coordinator." Jones also plans to talk to San Francisco offensive coordinator Norv Turner, a former head coach for Washington and Oakland, and New Orleans defensive coordinator Gary Gibbs. Both are former Dallas assistants.

The Cowboys have hired Dolphins quarterbacks coach Jason Garrett as their offensive coordinator, and he remains a candidate for Dallas' vacant head coaching position, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports. A source told ESPN's Ed Werder on Wednesday night that team owner Jerry Jones considers Garrett, a former backup to quarterback Troy Aikman, to be one of the most promising offensive coaches in the league and was so determined to bring him back to the Cowboys organization that he would have been added to Bill Parcells' staff had Parcells decided to coach the final year of his contract.

Team sources told ESPN's Ed Werder on Monday that quarterback Philip Rivers re-injured his sprained right foot in the season-ending loss to the New England Patriots on Jan. 14. The injury is severe enough that Rivers will not take part in the Pro Bowl Feb. 10 in Honolulu.

Rob Chudzinski did not want to wait to find out if the San Diego Chargers would promote him. Chudzinski on Saturday left the Chargers to become the offensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns.

San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Cam Cameron arrived in town Wednesday for a second interview with the Miami Dolphins, a person familiar with the team's search said. The person requested anonymity because Dolphins officials declined comment and may be close to a decision.