Hardy Nickerson

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Hardy Nickerson
Date of birth	September 1, 1965 (age 41)
Place of birth	Compton, California
Position(s)	Linebacker Linebackers coach
College	California
NFL Draft	1987 / Round 5 / Pick 122
Pro Bowls	4
Playing Stats	Pro Football Reference
Playing Stats	CBS.com
Playing Stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1987-1992 1993-1999 2000-2001 2002	Pittsburgh Steelers Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jacksonville Jaguars Green Bay Packers
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
2007-present	Chicago Bears (Linebackers coach)

Hardy Otto Nickerson (born September 1, 1965 in Compton, California) is the current linebackers coach of the Chicago Bears, and a former linebacker who played 16 seasons for four teams from 1987 to 2002 in the National Football League. He attended Verbum Dei High School, a Catholic school located in Watts, California. He earned a BA degree in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989. Nickerson spent the prime of his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tony Dungy moved Nickerson to the middle in his 4-3 defensive alignment sending Nickerson to four Pro Bowls.

In 2006 Nickerson became the color analyst for the Buccaneer Radio Network, teaming him with the long time veteran play-by-play man Gene Deckerhoff.

He is known by many people as Hardy "The Dragon" Nickerson. On February 23, 2007 he was named linebackers coach of the Chicago Bears, where he will coach for his former position coach, Lovie Smith.

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