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What’s Next for Steelers After Parting Ways with Legendary DC Dick LeBeau?

January 10, 2015   ·     ·   Jump to comments

In the middle of the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, news broke that that longtime Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau would be resigning from his position.
Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette broke the story on Twitter:
Though LeBeau told Steve Stout of the Urbana Daily Citizen that he's "not retiring," Bleacher Report's Christopher Hansen thinks this could be it for the Hall of Fame coach:
The question left on the table is what's next for the Steelers? In order to address that, we first have to look back before we can venture forward.
The 77-year-old LeBeau first joined the Steelers organization as the team's defensive backs coach in 1992 at the age of 55. He was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1995 before leaving to take the same position with the Cincinnati Bengals two years later.
If you look back at the history books, his initial stint there was a success. The team made the playoffs four times from '92 through...

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