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In the second episode of the two-episode series, Dean Pees and Tori McElhaney continue their conversation about his coaching career. In the early 2000s, Bill Belichick hired Pees to join his Patriots staff. After a couple Super Bowls wins, one that included a blackout in New Orleans, four teams, two retirements and two decades in the league, Pees reflects on all the lessons learned and memories made along the way.

In the first of a two-episode podcast series, Dean Pees sits down with Tori McElhaney in the Falcons podcast studio to discuss the reasons he got into coaching in the 70s, his start at the high school level, coaching with Nick Saban at the college level and how Dave Ragone changed his approach to recruiting.

Dean Pees was looking for a new adventure. That adventure came calling when an old friend did, giving Pees an opportunity to make the jump to the league in the early 2000s.

Dean Pees was trying to turn a Kent State football program around in the late 90s/early 2000s, and he needed a program-changer. He set his sights on a young QB in Cleveland. A kid named Dave Ragone.

How do you measure a legacy? For Pees, it's about the relationships molded along the way.