Dale Lindsey

Dale Lindsey

Personal information
Date of birth	January 18, 1943 (1943-01-18)
Place of birth	Bedford, Indiana
Career information
Position(s)	Linebacker Linebackers coach
College	Western Kentucky Kentucky
NFL Draft	1965 / Round 7 / Pick 97
Stats
Playing stats	Pro Football Reference
Playing stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1965-1972 1973	Cleveland Browns New Orleans Saints
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1974 1975 1979-1982 1983 1984-1985 1986-1987 1988-1989 1990 1991 1992-1996 1997-1998 1999-2001 2002-2003 2004-2006 2007 2009-2010 2011	Cleveland Browns (Linebackers) Portland Storm (WFL) (Defensive Coordinator) Toronto Argonauts (CFL) (Defensive Coordinator/Linebacker/Defensive Line) Boston Breakers (USFL) (Linebackers) New Jersey Generals (USFL) (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers) Green Bay Packers (Linebackers) Southern Methodist University (Defensive Coordinator) New England Patriots (Defensive Line) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Linebackers) San Diego Chargers (Linebackers) Washington Redskins (Linebackers) Chicago Bears (Linebackers) San Diego Chargers (Defensive Coordinator) Washington Redskins (Linebackers) University of San Diego (Linebackers) New Mexico State (Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers) New Mexico State (Defensive Coordinator)

Phillip Dale Lindsey (born January 18, 1943 in Bedford, Indiana) is a former American football linebacker and coach in the National Football League. He also spent time as a coach in the Canadian Football League and the United States Football League. His last position held was the defensive coordinator for New Mexico State in 2011.

Early life

Lindsey attended and played high school football at Bowling Green High School in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he was an All-State player.

College career

After high school, Lindsey signed with the University of Kentucky, where he was part of the infamous Thin Thirty team, but quit the team in the spring of his freshman year. He then transferred to Western Kentucky University, where he starred on WKU's undefeated 1963 team that won the Tangerine Bowl.

Professional career

As a player

Lindsey was drafted in the seventh round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, where he played from 1965 to 1972. He then signed with the New Orleans Saints in 1973.

As a coach

After his playing career, Lindsey was a coach for several different NFL teams, including the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears and the San Diego Chargers. He was also a coach for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and the Boston Breakers and the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League.

In 1988, Coach Lindsey joined Forrest Gregg at SMU. As the Defensive Coordinator, he helped to revitalize the historic SMU football program after the NCAA executed its one and only death penalty for a college football program. Based upon the devastation of this cruel and unusual penalty, the NCAA spared the Florida Gators, the next program whose violations warranted the penalty. During the 1989 season, SMU's first season back after 1987, Coach Lindsey's defense was instrumental in SMU's wins over UConn and North Texas.

He was terminated as the linebackers coach for the Washington Redskins on January 16, 2007. This was his second stint with Washington. He was one of several former NFL coordinators serving as a position coach on the Redskins' coach staff.

Lindsey had a reputation with the Redskins as a tough coach. His feud with LaVar Arrington during the 2005 season led to Arrington's release and subsequent signing with the New York Giants.

Lindsey, now a resident of San Diego, California, lost his home in the wildfires of October 2007.

External links

• Washington Times news item on termination