Editing Howie Long (section)

==Personal life==
Long met his future wife Diane Addonizio during his freshman year at Villanova; they married in 1982,<ref name=sivpz85/> and they have three sons. The eldest, [[Chris Long|Chris]], is a retired [[defensive end]], who played for the [[St. Louis Rams]], [[New England Patriots]], and [[Philadelphia Eagles]], winning two [[Super Bowl]]s in his own right. The middle son, [[Kyle Long|Kyle]], is a [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]] who played for the [[Chicago Bears]], and played one season for the Kansas City Chiefs after signing with them in March 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Farrar|first=Doug|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/chicago-bears-select-oregon-ot-kyle-long-20th-023204368--nfl.html|title=Chicago Bears select Oregon OT Kyle Long with the 20th overall pick|publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|date=April 25, 2013|access-date=April 25, 2013}}</ref> His youngest, Howie Jr., works in player personnel for the Raiders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raiders.com/team/administration.html|title=Oakland Raiders - Administrative Staff|website=raiders.com}}</ref>  Long is a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Jerry | last=Ratcliffe | date=April 16, 2011 | url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/sports/long-and-bradshaw-a-bond-strong-as-brothers/article_351990ea-61ad-55f2-b477-1da8aec83170.html | title=Long and Bradshaw: A bond strong as brothers | work=[[The Daily Progress]] | location=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]] | access-date=May 2, 2013}}</ref>