Leslie Frazier

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Leslie Frazier
Date of birth	April 3, 1959 (age 48)
Place of birth	Columbus, Missouri
Position(s)	Defensive Coordinator
College	Alcorn State
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1988-1996 1997-1998 1999-2002 2003-2004 2005-2006 2007-present	Trinity College Head Coach University of Illinois Defensive Backs Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Backs Cincinnati Bengals Defensive Coordinator Indianapolis Colts Defensive Backs Minnesota Vikings Defensive Coordinator

Leslie Antonio Frazier (born April 3, 1959 in Columbus, Mississippi) was a cornerback/safety in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears. He is currenty the Defensive Coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings.

1 College Career
2 Pro Career
3 Coaching Career
4 Source

[edit] College Career

He played college football at Alcorn State University.

[edit] Pro Career

Frazier was a part of the 1985 Chicago Bears team that went to go on and win Super Bowl XX. During the 1985 championship season, Frazier led the team with 6 interceptions. His career was cut short due to a knee injury he suffered during the Super Bowl.

[edit] Coaching Career

Frazier started his coaching career in 1988 as the 1st head coach at Trinity College in Illinois, now known as Trinity International University. He held the position for 9 seasons and built the NAIA program from the ground up and won a pair of Northern Illinois Intercollegiate Conference titles before he moved on to the University of Illinois in 1997 and '98 as the Illini DBs coach.

In 1999 Frazier joined first time Head Coach Andy Reid as Defensive Backs coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. It was there that Frazier worked as a fellow assistant with the Vikings current Head Coach, Brad Childress. The Eagles defense improved steadily in the four years that Frazier was there.

He was defensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals from 2003-2004 where he helped turn the unit into a group that increased takeaways from 24 in 2003 to 36 in 2004. The Bengals' 36 takeaways in '04 ranked 3rd in the NFL. The 2004 Bengals notched 20 interceptions, the most since 1996. The Bengals Defense improved from #28 in total yards allowed in 2003 to #19 in 2004, and declined in the two years following his dismissal.

In 2005, Frazier was asked by Tony Dungy to come be a defensive assistant for the Indianapolis Colts. His position with the coaching staff was as a Special Assistant to the Head Coach as well as Defensive Backs coach. He was specifically brought in by Dungy to help the Colts young corps of Defensive Backs. During his time in Indy the Colts passing defense improved from 15th in 2005 to 2nd in 2006. On February 4, 2007 the Colts beat Frazier's former team, the Chicago Bears, in Super Bowl XLI. Four days later, on February 8, 2007, he became the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings following the hiring of Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin by the Pittsburgh Steelers as their head coach.