Charles Richard “Dick” LeBeau (lÇ-BOH; born September 9, 1937) is an American football coach and former defensive back. He has been active at field level in the National Football League (NFL) for 56 consecutive seasonsâ14 as a player with the Detroit Lions and 42 as a coach. He was most recently the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive coordinator and is considered to be one of the greatest defensive coordinators of all time. Considered an âinnovatorâ and âdefensive football geniusâ, LeBeau created the “zone blitz” when he was defensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals in the late 1980s.
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