As the calendar gets ready to turn into March, things are about to pick up in the NFL as the offseason is close to getting underway. Closer to home the Pittsburgh Steelers have many decisions to make, most notably with some popular veteran players such as Troy Polamalu, James Harrison, Brett Keisel and Ike Taylor. While it remains to be seen if any of these long time veterans are in the Steelers future plans, one has to wonder what kind of role long time Steelers defensive coordinator Dick ... Read More
Steelers promote Joey Porter and Jerry Olsavsky to linebackers coaches
After promoting Keith Butler to replace recently departed defensive coordinator Dick Lebeau last month, the Steelers again looked within the organization to fill a vacant position. Defensive assistants Jerry Olsavsky and Joey Porter were both promoted to replace Butler as linebackers coach. Olsavsky will coach the inside linebackers and Porter will coach the outside linebackers. Both men got their starts in pro football as linebackers for the black and gold. Olsavsky was a 10th-round pick ... Read More
Report: Former Steelers coordinator Dick LeBeau to join Tennessee Titans coaching staff
It looks like long-time Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau is taking a similar path that former offensive coordinator Bruce Arians took after his departure. According to a report by Jim Wyatt, the Tennessee Titans beat writer for the Tennessean, LeBeau will join the Titans coaching staff as an assistant head coach, defensive coach with the Titans. Former #Steelers DC Dick LeBeau is expected to be named assistant head coach/defense with the #Titans, per sources. — Jim Wyatt ... Read More
Pittsburgh to make February “Dick LeBeau Month”
Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau has received plenty of honors during his lengthy NFL career. He’s about to get another. According to KDKA, LeBeau will be honored when the City Council proclaims February “Dick LeBeau Month” in Pittsburgh. A ceremony is reportedly scheduled in council chambers Feb. 3. LeBeau’s son Rick told KDKA that his father was moved to learn about the honor, saying that his father’s reaction was “hard to put into words.” Several of ... Read More
Greatest games of the LeBeau era: Steelers defeat Ravens three times in one year to win AFC championship
When it comes to the NFL and it's best rivalries, there is little doubt that the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers are as good as it gets. The 2008 season was the best example of how intense and heated this rivalry was. During the regular season, the teams faced off in two low scoring slugfests that were both won by the Steelers. The second of these games, a December match up in Baltimore, was one of the more brutal and intense games in the rivalry. The Steelers would win the game 13-9 ... Read More
Greatest games of the LeBeau era: Steelers win a classic for sixth Super Bowl title
When it comes to greatest games in Steeler history, the game that PSN ranks as the second best of the LeBeau era is often mentioned in the same breath as the 1972 Immaculate Reception victory over the Oakland Raiders, the thrilling Super Bowl XIII victory over the Dallas Cowboys and the 1995 AFC title game victory over the Indianapolis Colts. The Steelers simply have too many memorable games to do them all justice, and many of those came with the great Dick LeBeau making the calls for some of ... Read More
Greatest games of the LeBeau era: Steelers take down Colts en route to Super Bowl title
When legendary defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau announced he would not be returning to the Steelers for the 2015 season, it ended a legendary run. The 77-year-old Hall of Fame coach led some of the more dominant defensive units in NFL history, and those defenses helped the Steelers earn three trips to the Super Bowl in six years, along with two Lombardi trophies. During LeBeau's tenure with the Steelers, the defense played in some memorable games where their performances became part of ... Read More
Keith Butler named Steelers new defensive coordinator
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker coach Keith Butler has been patiently waiting. That wait has paid off as Butler was announced today as the Steelers new defensive coordinator, replacing Hall of Famer Dick LeBeau, who resigned shortly after the regular season ended. Butler has been long thought of to be LeBeau's future replacement. Now it is officially Butler's time. The Steelers have thought very highly of Butler for some time now as they reportedly would have blocked him from ... Read More
Dick LeBeau’s out, but was he only one to blame?
Dick LeBeau is out as defensive coordinator. Call it a resignation by force, a firing, a peaceful parting of the ways, anything you want, but the bottom line is a legend is leaving the organization. Maybe it was time to go and maybe it wasn’t. No one can discount how instrumental LeBeau was in winning the last two championships, and when he was given the proper defensive talent to coach, he looked like a genius. All the speculation was on which coaches were going to be kept following the ... Read More
End of era: Steelers and legendary defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau part ways
According to Steve Stout of the Urbana Daily Citizen, legendary defensive coordinator and Hall of Fame member Dick LeBeau will not return for the 2015 season. “@udcstout: Dick LeBeau just told me he is resigning as Steelers' defensive coordinator” — Urbana Daily Citizen (@UrbanaCitizen) January 10, 2015 BREAKING NEWS: In exclusive interview with UDC ... Dick LeBeau resigns position with Pittsburgh Steelers... http://t.co/fokPUrcTw0 — Urbana Daily Citizen (@UrbanaCitizen) January ... Read More