Dan Radakovich
1935-2020
"Bad Rad"
The death of someone so closely associated with the Super Bowl Steelers of the 1970's is always worth noting, so today we bid a melancholy happy trails to Dan Radakovich, a defensive and offensive line coach with Chuck Noll's Steelers for the first two of those four Super Bowl triumphs. Radakovich died yesterday at the age of 84.
"Bad Rad" was also an integral part of the establishment of the football program at Robert Morris University, serving as Joe Walton's defensive guru for the initial years of that program. He is a member of the RMU Sports Hall of Fame.
No one defines the definition of a football coaching "lifer" than did Radakovich. In addition to his time with the Steelers and Robert Morris, his career included coaching stints at Penn State (where he played), the University of Cincinnati, Colorado, North Carolina State, and in the NFL with the 49'ers, Rams, Broncos, Vikings, Jets, and Browns, as well as stint with the London Monarchs in the World League of American Football.
RIP Dan "Bad Rad" Radakovich.
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