Dave Wannstedt (born May 21, 1952) is the defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League (NFL). He was the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh football team, a position he held for six seasons from 2005–2010. Wannstedt is also the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears of the NFL. He also was a long-time assistant to Jimmy Johnson with the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Hurricanes, and Oklahoma State ...
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Dave Wannstedt (born May 21, 1952) is the defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League (NFL). He was the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh football team, a position he held for six seasons from 2005–2010. Wannstedt is also the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears of the NFL. He also was a long-time assistant to Jimmy Johnson with the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Hurricanes, and Oklahoma State Cowboys as well as an associate of Johnson when both were assistants at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1970s.
Wannstedt was born in Baldwin, Pennsylvania and attended Baldwin High School. He earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh playing offensive tackle and blocking for future Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett. After a successful career with the Panthers, he was chosen in the fifteenth round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers, but spent his only NFL season on the injured reserve list with a neck...
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