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Vikings promote O'Leary to replace fired defensive coordinator Shaw

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Posted 11:56AM on Wednesday 8th January 2003 ( 22 years ago )
MINNEAPOLIS - Former Georgia Tech coach George O&#39;Leary has been promoted to defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings, replacing the fired Willie Shaw. <br> <br> O&#39;Leary, who resigned as coach at Notre Dame after just five days in 2001 when he admitted he lied on his resume, takes over a defense that ranked 26th in the NFL this season. <br> <br> O&#39;Leary was head coach at Georgia Tech for eight years before going to Notre Dame. <br> <br> Vikings coach Mike Tice hired O&#39;Leary -- his coach at Central Islip High School in suburban New York -- to be his assistant and supervise Minnesota&#39;s defensive linemen just weeks after O&#39;Leary admitted he lied about his accomplishments during his time as an assistant at Syracuse in the early 1980s.

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