Leslie Frazier
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
Coaching | Football
Leslie Frazier Stats, Bio
Born: April 3, 1959
Hometown: Columbus, MS
Year Induction: 2017
- Won 9 high school letters at Stephen D. Lee High
- Three letters each in football, baseball, basketball
- Recruited to Alcorn State University by MSHOF’er Marino Casem
- Earned all-conference status in both baseball and football
- Injured his senior year (torn hamstring) at Alcorn
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Chicago Bears for 1981 season
- Starting defensive back for the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Bears
- Teammates with fellow MSHOF’ers Tyrone Keys and Walter Payton
- Injured his knee during the Super Bowl Game ending his career as a player
- Started his coaching career as the first ever head coach at Trinity College in suburban Chicago
- Now Trinity International University named their field after Frazier
- Coached defensive backs at University of Illinois
- 1999 started working in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles
- Became Bengal’s defensive coordinator in 2003 – 2004
- Hired by Tony Dungy as defensive assistant in 2005 in Indianapolis
- Was assistant head coach for Super Bowl Champion Colts in 2006 – 2007
- Joined Vikings as defensive coordinator in 2007
- Named head coach of Minnesota in 2010 -2013
- Coached in Tampa and Baltimore before current assignment as defensive coordinator of Buffalo Bills
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