Just wondering who he is... I realize that the Colts beat people by scoring more points, not holding them to low scores.
What are the top 5 defenses in the NFL over the past couple of seasons, those are the guys we should be looking at especially if they are on a down year.
I realize its sarcasm, but I don't see Bellichek leaving a dominant pro team, to come to a college that can't pay him even half of his old salary.
And the Defensive Coordinator is Ron Meeks. Ron Meeks enters his third season as defensive coordinator of the Colts. Meeks joined Indianapolis from St. Louis, where he served one season as secondary coach. In his first year, Meeks helped lead a resurgence as the Colts improved from 29th to 8th in NFL overall defense, while jumping from 31st to 7th in NFL scoring defense, 3rd-best in the AFC. The Colts were 8th in AFC defense in 2003, 11th in the NFL. DE-Dwight Freeney set the club seasonal record for sacks in 2002 with 13, then produced eleven in 2003. Freeney’s total of 24 is the fourth-most in NFL history by any player over the first two seasons of a career. Freeney became the first Colts player ever to produce consecutive double-digit sack seasons. He became the club’s first defensive Pro Bowler since 1987 and the first Colts lineman selected since 1977. Meeks has coached 13 seasons in the NFL, and this coming season will be his 19th in coaching. In his NFL tenure, he has developed into one of the NFL’s top defensive backs coaches, having tutored Pro Bowl selections Ray Buchanan, Eugene Robinson, Darrell Green, Deion Sanders, Champ Bailey, Mark Carrier, Ashley Ambrose and Aeneas Williams. In 2001, Meeks helped revitalize the Rams’ defense, which improved dramatically under a new staff and helped the team win the NFC Championship. The Rams ranked 23rd in the NFL defensively in 2000 and 3rd in 2001. Meeks began his NFL coaching career with Dallas in 1991 as a defensive assistant. He was defensive backs coach with Cincinnati from 1992-96 before moving to Atlanta, where he served in the same capacity from 1997-99. He worked as Washington’s defensive backs coach in 2000 before joining the Rams staff in 2001. Meeks has worked on two Super Bowl staffs (2001, St. Louis; 1998, Atlanta). In 2001, the Rams improved from 27th against the pass to 10th, a season after the Redskins’ secondary — coached by Meeks — ranked 2nd against the pass. The Falcons were one of three NFC teams to hold opponents under 200 yards passing a game in 1999. When the Falcons made the Super Bowl in 1998, two of Meeks’ defensive backs (Buchanan and Robinson) made the Pro Bowl. The Bengals led the league in interceptions (34) in Meeks’ final season. Meeks’ coaching career began in 1984 at his alma mater, Arkansas State, where he coached two seasons, 1984-85. He spent 1986-87 as defensive backs coach at Miami, then 1988 as defensive backs coach at New Mexico State. He was defensive backs coach at Fresno State in 1989-1990 before moving to the NFL. Meeks played professionally in the Canadian Football League, with Hamilton (1977-79), Ottawa (1979) and Toronto (1980-81). Meeks was born on August 27, 1954 in Jacksonville, Fla. Meeks is single. He has four children, Jayson, Clayton, Quenton and Sadie, and one stepson, Christopher. PERSONAL College: Arkansas State 1972-76. Coaching Career: Arkansas State 1984-85; University of Miami 1986-87; New Mexico State 1988; Fresno State 1989-1990; Dallas Cowboys 1991; Cincinnati Bengals 1992-1996; Atlanta Falcons 1997-1999; Washington Redskins 2000; St. Louis Rams 2001; Indianapolis Colts 2002-present.
