Mike Singletary
American football player
1958 –
Who is Mike Singletary?
Michael "Mike" Singletary is an American football coach and former professional football player.
After playing college football for the Baylor Bears, Singletary was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 2nd round of the 1981 NFL Draft and was known as "The Heart of the Defense" for the Chicago Bears' Monsters of the Midway in the mid-1980s. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998. Singletary later pursued a career as a coach, first as a linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens, then as the linebackers coach for the San Francisco 49ers. In 2008, the 49ers promoted Singletary to the head coaching position after previous head coach Mike Nolan was fired during the season and he remained in that position until the conclusion of the 2010 season when he was fired.
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- Born
- Oct 9, 1958
Houston - Also known as
- Michael Singletary
- Iron Mike
- Samurai Mike
- Minister of Defense
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Baylor University
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on July 23, 2013
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