[3] He attended Spring Forest Middle School in Houston, where he played running back on the football team along with future NFL player Craig James.
[8] Sports Illustrated noted that Easterby seemed to have a strong influence on McNair, in part due to their shared religious faith, and interviewed Texans staffers, some of whom portrayed the CEO as bumbling or overly trusting.
[9] Since Easterby's hiring, there have been many high-profile departures of Texans employees, including those directly involved in football operations such as general manager Brian Gaine and head coach Bill O'Brien (the former fired after less than two years as GM), and those working for the franchise in other areas, such as J. J. Moses, Amy Palcic, and Jamey Rootes.
However, the Texans hired Nick Caserio as general manager without consulting Watson, and did not include his preferred head coach candidate, Eric Bieniemy, on their original interview list.
[9] McNair explained this by saying that the organization had been waiting for Caserio's list of head coach candidates, but admitted that Watson was "disappointed in the (lack of) communication during the hiring process" and apologized for doing and saying things which "created mistrust".
[12] After he sat out the entire 2021 NFL season because of sexual assault accusations made against him by multiple female massage therapists, Watson was eventually traded to the Cleveland Browns.
[16] In October 2021, Michael Silver of Bally Sports reported that in May of that year, McNair had referred to Covid-19 with the racially insensitive term "China virus" at a charity golf tournament benefitting the Houston Texans Foundation.
[3][5] In September 2018, after their son Jackson died during infancy, Cal and Hannah McNair hosted a benefit at a Houston restaurant for the 80th anniversary of March of Dimes which raised $450,000.