Dean Pees

Dean Pees

Date of birth	September 4, 1949 (1949-09-04) (age 62)
Place of birth	Dunkirk, Ohio
Position(s)	Linebackers Coach
College	Bowling Green
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1979–1982 1983–1986 1987–1989 1990–1993 1994 1995–1997 1998–2003 2004–2005 2006–2009 2010–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)

Dean Pees (born September 4, 1949 in Dunkirk, Ohio) is an American football coach who is currently the linebackers coach 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. When Pees left the program after the 2003 season, his six-year stint made him the longest tenured head football coach in the school's history.

New England Patriots

Prior to the 2004 NFL season, Pees left Kent State for the Patriots, spending two years as the Patriots' linebackers coach. 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, 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.

External links

• New England Patriots profile

Preceded by Eric Mangini

New England Patriots Defensive Coordinators 2006-2009

Succeeded by Vacant

Persondata
Name	Pees, Dean
Alternative names	R. Dean Pees
Short description	American football coach
Date of birth	September 4, 1949
Place of birth	Dunkirk, Ohio, United States
Date of death
Place of death