Dean Pees
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| Dean Pees | |
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| Date of birth | September 4, 1949 |
| Place of birth | Dunkirk, Ohio |
| Position(s) | Defensive Coordinator |
| College | Bowling Green |
| Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
| 1979-1982 1983-1986 1987-1989 1990-1993 1994 1995-1997 1998-2003 2004-2005 2006-present |
Findlay (Defensive Coordinator) (Secondary Coach) Miami (Ohio) (Defensive Coordinator) (Secondary Coach) Navy (Secondary Coach) Toledo (Defensive Coordinator) Notre Dame (Secondary Coach) Michigan State (Defensive Coordinator) (Inside Linebackers Coach) Kent State (Head Coach) New England Patriots (Linebackers Coach) New England Patriots (Defensive Coordinator) |
Dean Pees (born September 4, 1949 in Dunkirk, Ohio) is the current American football defensive coordinator for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Pees was also a former head coach at Kent State University.
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[edit] Coaching career
[edit] College
Despite not playing football while attending college at Bowling Green University, Pees began his coaching career in 1979 at the University of Findlay as their defensive coordinator and secondary coach. In 1983, Pees moved to Miami University, where he was also the defensive coordinator and secondary coach of the team. From 1987 to 1989, Pees served as the secondary coach at the United States Naval Academy. Pees then took the defensive coordinator job at the University of Toledo, which he held for four seasons with the team. He spent the 1994 season under head coach Lou Holtz as the secondary coach for the University of Notre Dame. From 1995 to 1997, Pees worked as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach under Nick Saban at Michigan State University. In 1998, he earned his first head coaching job at Kent State University. When Pees left the program after the 2003 season, his six-year stint made him the longest tenured head football coach in the school's history.
[edit] NFL
Prior to the 2004 NFL season, Pees left Kent State for the Patriots, spending two years as the Patriots' linebackers coach. After the 2005 season, Pees was promoted to defensive coordinator.
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