Leslie Frazier
Frazier in 2012
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| Position: | Defensive coordinator | ||
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| Date of birth: | April 3, 1959 | ||
| Place of birth: | Columbus, Mississippi | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Columbus (MS) Lee | ||
| College: | Alcorn State | ||
| Undrafted: | 1981 | ||
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| Regular season: | 21–32–1 (.398) | ||
| Postseason: | 0–1 (.000) | ||
| Career: | 21–33–1 (.391) | ||
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| Player stats at NFL.com |
Leslie Antonio Frazier (born April 3, 1959) is an American football coach and former cornerback. He served as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 2011 to 2013, and is currently the defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills.
Frazier played college football at Alcorn State University, where he lined up in the defensive secondary next to Roynell Young.
Frazier was a part of the 1985 Chicago Bears team that won Super Bowl XX. During the 1985 championship season, Frazier led the team with six interceptions. His playing career was cut short due to a knee injury he suffered returning a punt in the second quarter of the Super Bowl. He was also a member of the "G Crew" in the video: The Super Bowl Shuffle.
Frazier started his coaching career in 1988 as the first head coach at Trinity College in Illinois, now known as Trinity International University. He held the position for nine seasons, built the NAIA program from the ground up and won a pair of Northern Illinois Intercollegiate Conference titles before he moved on to the University of Illinois in 1997 as the Illinois defensive backs coach.
In 1999 Frazier joined first time head coach Andy Reid as defensive backs coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. It was there that Frazier worked as a fellow assistant with the Vikings future head coach, Brad Childress. The Eagles defense improved steadily in the four years that Frazier was there.
He was defensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals from 2003 to 2004 where he helped turn the unit into a group that increased takeaways from 24 in 2003 to 36 in 2004. The Bengals' 36 takeaways ranked third in the NFL in 2004. The 2004 Bengals notched 20 interceptions, the most since 1996. The Bengals' defense improved from 28th in the league in total yards allowed in 2003 to 19th in 2004, and declined in the two years following his dismissal.
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