Meet Greg Cosmos, a longtime 49er equipment manager with 4 Super Bowl rings

THOSE HEROES. MY NAME IS GREG COSMOS. I STARTED OUT WITH THE 40 NINERS IN 1977. GOOD MORNING MICHELLE. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? I’M DOING GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? IT WAS GREAT TO FINALLY MEET YOU LAST NIGHT. ABSOLUTE ME. YEAH. IT’S BEEN A PLEASURE. OVER THE YEARS YOU’VE INVOLVED YOU’VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL TEAMS WITH BEHIND THE SCENES. YEAH. I STARTED OUT WITH THE 40 NINERS IN 1977. YOU PROBABLY WEREN’T EVEN BORN THEN. NOPE, I WASN’T. THAT WAS MY DREAM JOB. I WROTE LETTERS AS A KID TRYING TO GET ON. I WROTE ALL THROUGH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. I WROTE 2 OR 3 TIMES A YEAR. I GOT REJECTED EVERY TIME. I DIDN’T GIVE UP BECAUSE IT WAS MY PASSION. HOW DID YOU FIRST GET ACCEPTED AND WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE FOR YOU? AFTER ALL, IT WAS WHEN MR. DEBARTOLO BOUGHT THE TEAM. THERE WERE A LOT OF CHANGES GOING ON. THEN AND I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. IT WAS JUST A DREAM COME TRUE AND PERSISTENT PAYS. I’VE BEEN VERY BLESSED. I’VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL TEAMS. I STARTED OUT WITH THE 40 NINERS. I WAS WITH THE BENGALS FOR A WHILE. THIS IS WITH DENVER. UM, IT’S IN YOUR BLOOD. IT’S JUST HARD TO GET AWAY FROM. I DON’T BOWL OR FISH OR GOLF AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AT THIS LEVEL, IT’S JUST BEEN GREAT. DO YOU HAVE FOUR RINGS THEN? NO. YEAH. THREE, 3 OR 4. I GOT FOUR RINGS, FOUR RINGS AND I GOT A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP RING WITH THE BENGALS WHEN WE LOST TO DEL RODGERS. YEAH. AND THAT SUPER BOWL RIGHT THERE. I’M STILL MAD AT HIM ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AT THESE WHAT DO YOU SEE. WELL JUST UH, SIX MONTHS EACH YEAR WORTH OF WORK SHOWING UP AT TRAINING CAMP, WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 15 HOURS A DAY. YOU SHARE EVERY MEAL WITH THE PLAYERS. YOU GET ON THE BUSSES TO GO FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER CITY. OH, WE STARTED ABOUT 6 OR 7. GET OUT ALL THE THERE’S A LOT OF LAUNDRY FOR 50 PLAYERS AND 12 COACHES, AND WE PUT OUT ALL THE LAUNDRY FOR THE PRACTICE IN. WE SET UP THE PRACTICE FIELD WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED. WE GET READY FOR THE NEXT ROAD TRIP, BUT THE HOURS GO BY QUICK. WHEN YOU’RE DOING SOMETHING YOU ENJOY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO YOUR TEN YEAR OLD SELF NOW? NOW YOU FAST FORWARD AND YOU KNOW THE SUCCESS THAT YOU’VE HAD WITH THESE TEAMS AND I’M 66 NOW AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO REFLECT A LITTLE BIT. I I’M SORRY. SEX HAS GOTTEN OLD AND. I WENT OUT WITH SOME OLD HIGH SCHOOL BUDDIES WHO REMEMBERED ME WRITING THESE LETTERS, AND THEY TOLD ME I LIVED MY DREAM. HOW MANY PEOPLE GET GET TO SAY THAT? ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO WAS WORK FOR THE 40 NINERS. AND I DID THAT AND MORE. ANY REGRETS? NO. I WISH I WAS TEN YEARS, UM, YOUNGER SO I COULD KEEP DOING THIS. IT’S THE BIGGEST HIGH BEING OUT THERE ON THAT FIELD ON GAME DAY. 80,000 PEOPLE AND JUST. THERE’S NO OTHER THRILL LIKE THAT. YEAH, I’M A CHAMPION. I’M A 40 NINER. GREG, YOU DEFINITELY ARE A CHAMPION. HE IS NOW WORKING WITH THE LAS VEGAS HOST COMMITTEE TO STAY A PART OF THE SUPER BOWL SCENE,