[CBFF] Leslie Frazier becomes the Vikings D-Coordinator

[Kenny Claxton]

*Frazier first to bolts champs, joins Vikings as D-coordinator*
      Feb. 8, 2007
*CBS SportsLine.com wire reports*

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Leslie Frazier became the first assistant coach to
leave the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis
Colts<http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/page/IND>on Thursday,
accepting the job as defensive coordinator of the Minnesota
Vikings. <http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/page/MIN>

A special assistant to Colts coach Tony Dungy and also in charge of the
team's defensive backs, Frazier couldn't interview for the position until
after the Super Bowl.

Frazier, Cincinnati's defensive coordinator for two years before joining the
Colts this season, worked with Vikings coach Brad Childress when the two
were on staff in Philadelphia. Frazier was defensive backs coach for the
Eagles from 1999-2002.

He is the seventh defensive coordinator Minnesota has had over the last nine
seasons. Mike Tomlin left after a year to become the coach of the Pittsburgh
Steelers.

Frazier played six seasons in the NFL, all with the Chicago Bears from
1981-86. His career ended after a he tore a knee ligament in the 1986 Super
Bowl.
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