PITTSBURGH (AP) -Foge Fazio, who succeeded Jackie Sherrill as the football coach at alma mater Pittsburgh and later was a defensive coordinator for the NFL\’s Vikings and Browns, died Wednesday night following a lengthy battle with leukemia. He was 71.
Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson confirmed Faizo\’s death while attending the Pitt-Duquesne basketball game on Wednesday night.
Fazio, who grew up in Coraopolis, Pa., in suburban Pittsburgh, was a former Pitt linebacker and center. He spent nine seasons as a Pitt assistant before being promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach in 1982, following three successive 11-1 seasons under Sherrill.
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