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Dean Pees
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-09-04) September 4, 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth Dunkirk, Ohio
Career information
Position(s) Defensive Coodinator
College Bowling Green
Career highlights
Awards

Super Bowl champion (XLVII)

Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1979–1982


1983–1986


1987–1989

1990–1993

1994

1995–1997


1998–2003

2004–2005

2006–2009

2010–2011

2012-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)
Baltimore Ravens
(Linebackers Coach)
Baltimore Ravens
(Defensive Coordinator)

Dean Pees (born September 4, 1949 in Dunkirk, Ohio) is an American football coach who is currently the Defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. Pees is also a former head coach at Kent State University.

Coaching career[]

College[]

Pees began his coaching career in 1979 at the University of Findlay as their defensive coordinator and secondary coach following six years as a high school 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, under Nick Saban, 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 again under Saban at Michigan State University. In 1998, he earned his first head coaching job at Kent State University. Pees left the program after the 2003 season with a six-year record of 17-51.

New England Patriots[]

Prior to the 2004 NFL season, Pees left Kent State for the Patriots, spending two years as the Patriots' linebackers coach under head coach Bill Belichick, another Saban associate. Pees had coached alongside Bill's father, Steve Belichick, at Navy in the late 1980s. After the 2005 season, Pees was promoted to defensive coordinator, replacing Eric Mangini, who became the head coach of the New York Jets. With his contract set to expire following the 2009 season, Pees chose not to return to the team on January 14, 2010.

Baltimore Ravens[]

On January 26, 2010, Pees was hired as the linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens. On January 27, 2012, Pees was promoted to defensive coordinator by head coach John Harbaugh.

External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Eric Mangini
New England Patriots Defensive Coordinators
2006–2009
Succeeded by
Matt Patricia
Preceded by
Chuck Pagano
Baltimore Ravens Defensive Coordinators
2012–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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