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Dick LeBeau resigns as Steelers defensive coordinator

By Patrick Schmidt

Aug 28, 2014; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau looks on from the sidelines against the Carolina Panthers during the first quarter at Heinz Field. The Panthers won 10-0. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 28, 2014; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau looks on from the sidelines against the Carolina Panthers during the first quarter at Heinz Field. The Panthers won 10-0. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /
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Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau resigned from his position but he is not retiring from coaching in the NFL.

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Dick LeBeau, 77, has resigned as the defensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to the Urbana Daily Citizen but the NFL lifer does not plan on retiring.

“I’m resigning this position, not retiring,” LeBeau, 77, said in an exclusive interview with the Daily Citizen. “I had a great run in Pittsburgh. I’m grateful for all the things that have happened to me and thankful for all the support I had in Pittsburgh.”

The Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive back has been in the NFL as a player or coach for every year since 1959 and he plans on being in the NFL in 2015, albeit with a different team.

LeBeau began his coaching career in 1973 when he was named the special teams coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and later coached defensive backs for the Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Bengals where he got his first coordinator position.

He came to the Steelers in 1992 where he was the defensive backs coach from 1992-1994 before being promoted to the defensive coordinator for the 1995-1996 seasons before leaving for the same job with the Bengals and where he would later his first and only head coach job from 2000-2002.

LeBeau compiled a 12-33 record as the Bengals head coach and was fired after a 2-14 season in 2002 and would serve one year as an assistant head coach with the Buffalo Bills before returning to the Steelers in 2004 where he has been ever since.

He won Super Bowl XL and XLIII with the Steelers and six AFC championships throughout his career and is widely recognized as one of the best defensive coaches of all-time and the mastermind behind the zone blitz.

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