James Harrison and Dick LeBeau couldn’t have had more different personalities. But the two were a perfect match. LeBeau’s aggressive, get-to-the-quarterback scheme paired with Harrison’s alpha mentality and for a stretch of about 2007 to 2012, the Steelers were the most feared defense in football.
Harrison was the latest guest on Ben Roethlisberger’s Footbahlin podcast and talked about what it was like to play for LeBeau.
“Coach LeBeau has never yelled at me, he never cussed me,” Harrison told the show. “But dude, not getting an assignment done or losing contain. Aw, you just felt horrible.