After The NFL
After Lanier's retirement, the Chiefs retired both Lanier's and Bell's numbers.
Lanier returned to school, taking graduate courses at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He then returned to Virginia as a stockbroker, at First Union Securities, where he served as vice-chairman. He is the former CEO of TDS/US, the minority venture partner of TDS Logistics (now Syncreon).
Willie Lanier served as a board member of TDS Automotive, the minority-owned branch of TDS Logistics.
In 2006, Lanier was interviewed for the NFL Network documentary America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions chronicling the 1969 Kansas City Chiefs season.
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