Foge Fazio

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Serafino "Foge" Fazio (born 1939 in West Virginia) is a former NFL defensive assistant and college football head coach.

Fazio played linebacker at the University of Pittsburgh. He was hired as head coach by his alma mater in 1982, having previously been defensive coordinator, leading the team to a 25-18-3 record in four seasons before being fired. Lou Holtz then hired Foge Fazio to serve as the defensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame.. At the college level, Fazio also coached at Boston University, Harvard University and the University of Cincinnati.

He moved to the NFL, coaching for the Atlanta Falcons and New York Jets before becoming the defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings in 1995. He was resigned in 1999 and spent a year as the linebackers coach of the Washington Redskins before his hiring as the defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns in 2001. He retired in 2003, but was hired as a defensive consultant by Mike Tice of the Vikings in the 2005 season; his influence helped the team turn around a dismal season.

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