served as head coach in the 2012 and 2013 editions of the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. A Coors Light commercial featuring manipulated archival footage of Vermeil at a press conference debuted in 2006. On November 2, 2008, Vermeil was honored by the St. Louis Rams organization with the placing of his name on the "Ring of Honor" around the inside of the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. Vermeil had a short cameo in the 2011 film The Greening of Whitney Brown, set in Chester County, in which he plays a football coach for the local middle school. The 2001 book autobiography Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story () includes a quote in a forward from Vermeil: "He could very well be the Will Rogers of the coaching profession." In 2011 former Penn State defensive coach Sandusky was arrested on 40 counts of child sexual abuse. A 2011 account about the book said "Sandusky paints a picture of himself as someone who would consistently take risks in pursuit of what he often refers to as 'mischief'" and there are many other citations and quotes which look "different in light of the horrendous allegations". After the firing of PSU president Graham B. Spanier, it was reported that Vermeil on November 8, 2011, "told [Philadelphia] Action News, 'I don’t think there's anything that could discolor the quality of Joe Paterno's legacy.'" Vermeil also served on the Honorary Board of Sandusky's Second Mile children's foundation, along with Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, Matt Millen from ESPN, actor Mark Wahlberg and football player Franco Harris, among others. It was reported on November 11, 2011, that Vermeil hadn't "spoken to [Sandusky] since the scandal broke. 'It's a blindside,' Vermeil said. 'That's all I can say.' 'If it's true, he's a sick man. He had an illness none of us knew about. That's all.'" The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia named Vermeil their Person of the Year in 1985 and inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 2003. Vermeil served as head coach for the National Team in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl from 2012-2014, leading his team to victory in each of his three appearances. In August 2015, Vermeil bought a 2.5% share of the Philadelphia Soul arena football team. With Vermeil owning a minority stake of the team, the Philadelphia Soul won ArenaBowl XXIX in 2016 & ArenaBowl XXX in 2017. In 2020, he was named coaching