Steelers defensive coordinator an original

Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:20 pm

The NFL is nothing if not a copycat league where today’s tendencies, once proven successful, become tomorrow’s trends. It could create a market for septuagenarian coaches.

Steelers defensive coordinator an original

AN ORIGINAL: Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau watches during an NFL divisional playoff game against the Chargers on Jan. 11. LeBeau is the man behind the NFL’s top defense this season.

Cards defensive coordinator pushes for consistency

Monday, August 3, 2009 3:59 pm

FLAGSTAFF — The Arizona Cardinals can score. Everybody knows that. The defensive prowess, though, is another matter.

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Cards defensive coordinator pushes for consistency

Cardinals defensive coordinator Bill Davis works with the linebackers during training camp in Flagstaff. July 31, 2009.

Cards defensive coordinator pushes for consistency

Chiefs hire Pendergast as defensive coordinator

Friday, March 13, 2009 4:00 pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Clancy Pendergast, the defensive coordinator for Arizona’s run to last season’s Super Bowl, was hired as defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday.

Hamilton's Palomarez out as defensive coordinator

Friday, December 7, 2007 11:24 pm

Manny Palomarez confirmed Friday he is no longer the defensive coordinator at Chandler Hamilton and is looking to take a new position elsewhere.

Cards hire Pendergast as defensive coordinator

Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:16 pm

The Cardinals are going to think Dallas when it comes to defense.

Cactus Shadows will not have a defensive coordinator this season

New Cactus Shadows coach Greg Davis will be calling plays on both sides of the ball this season because he was unable to find a defensive coordinator.

Florida's Bill Miller new ASU defensive coordinator

Thursday, December 30, 2004 11:42 am

EL PASO, Texas — Arizona State football coach Dirk Koetter has hired Florida associate head coach/linebackers coach Bill Miller as the Sun Devils defensive coordinator, replacing the departing Brent Guy.

Teams’ defensive coordinators do a Super job

Friday, February 4, 2005 5:49 am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A little more than a year ago, while both their teams were preparing for the playoffs, Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson and New England Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel thought about coming to the Arizona Cardinals.

Cards’ offensive coordinator fired

Tuesday, January 4, 2005 5:45 am

Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green declared Monday morning he wouldn’t be as understanding in his second year as he had been in his first.

Cards demote offensive coordinator

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:50 pm

The quarterback has been changed. The offensive line has been shuffled. The game plan has been simplified. And still, Cardinals coach Dennis Green isn’t happy with his offense. So the latest fall guy for the reeling Cards, this time after a crushing 24-23 loss to Chicago on Monday night, was offensive coordinator Keith Rowen, who was essentially fired Tuesday.

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Cards demote offensive coordinator

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:51 pm

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Cards demote offensive coordinator

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:35 pm

The quarterback has been changed. The offensive line has been shuffled. The game plan has been simplified. And still, Cardinals coach Dennis Green isn’t happy with his offense.

Cards’ Whisenhunt names his coordinators

Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:14 pm

Once Ken Whisenhunt talked football philosophy with Clancy Pendergast, the new Cardinals coach realized he could mesh with the team’s holdover defensive coordinator.

ASU needs new offensive coordinator

Thursday, November 5, 2009 2:51 pm

Scott Bordow: Dennis Erickson isn't going anywhere, even if ASU loses its last six games. But it's time to look for a new offensive coordinator -- even if its against Erickson's will.

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ASU’s Koetter, Rutgers’ Schiano quite coordinated

Sunday, December 25, 2005 5:54 am

When Dirk Koetter and Greg Schiano lead their respective teams in the Insight Bowl on Tuesday, the two will engage in a coaching chess match that figures to be more intense than the average one.

ASU’s Koetter, Rutgers’ Schiano quite coordinated

Sunday, December 25, 2005 5:55 am

When Dirk Koetter and Greg Schiano lead their respective teams in the Insight Bowl on Tuesday, the two will engage in a coaching chess match that figures to be more intense than the average one.

Cards notebook: Rams coordinator Marmie under fire in St. Louis

Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:29 pm

It seemed like Larry Marmie had upgraded his situation after last season, when the outgoing Cardinals defensive coordinator — ousted when coach Dave McGinnis was fired — was hired by St. Louis coach and longtime friend Mike Martz.

USC's Bush is defense’s worst nightmare

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:58 am

Jordan Hill is only human. Like millions of other Americans, he can’t help but marvel at the things USC tailback Reggie Bush does on a football field.

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UA offense to follow defense’s example

Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:49 am

TUCSON - It should come as no surprise that Arizona coach Mike Stoops managed to right a sinking defensive ship during his first season atop the Wildcats’ program.