Greg Robinson, defensive coordinator on Broncos’ first two Super Bowl champions, dies at age 70

Greg Robinson, the Broncos’ antiaircraft coordinator connected their back-to-back Super Bowl teams successful 1997-98, passed distant successful California connected Wednesday, his lad told the Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard.

Dominic Robinson said his father, 70, died from a signifier of Alzheimer’s disease.

During a four-decade coaching career, Robinson spent six years (1995-2000) coaching for the Broncos nether Mike Shanahan.

Robinson’s defenses finished among the apical 10 successful less points and fewest yards allowed 3 times apiece. In 1997, the Broncos were sixth successful points and 5th successful yards, followed by finishes of eighth and 11th, respectively, successful 1998.

Linebacker John Mobley was a first-team All Pro successful ’97 and antiaircraft lineman Trevor Pryce a Pro Bowl enactment successful ’97-’98.

Robinson started his coaching vocation astatine Pacific, followed by stops astatine Cal. State-Fullerton, North Carolina State and UCLA, wherever his tenure overlapped erstwhile Broncos wide manager George Paton, who was a subordinate for the Bruins.

Robinson entered the NFL successful 1990 with the New York Jets (defensive enactment coach) and was the team’s antiaircraft coordinator nether Pete Carroll successful ’94.

Robinson joined the Broncos and the squad won astatine slightest 11 games successful 4 of his six years. But successful 2000, the defence was past against the walk and allowed astatine slightest 23 points successful 11 games. He was fired aft the 21-3 wild-card circular nonaccomplishment astatine Baltimore.

Two weeks later, Robinson was hired by manager Dick Vermeil to tally the Kansas City Chiefs defense. He lasted 3 years.

Robinson moved onto to Texas (one year) and was Syracuse’s caput manager for 4 years, winning lone 5 of 42 games. He finished his vocation with stints astatine Michigan, St. Francis High School successful California (whose coach, Jim Bonds, was a UCLA subordinate erstwhile Robinson was connected the staff), Texas and San Jose State.