Steelers Hiring Mike Mccarthy As Head Coach

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers person recovered their adjacent caput coach. The squad is bringing successful erstwhile Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers leader Mike McCarthy arsenic their 4th caput coach successful astir 60 years, moving connected woody pinch nan 62-year-old, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.

McCarthy was 1 of nan biggest names successful their caput coaching search, sitting astatine nan apical of nan database pinch Minnesota Vikings protect coordinator Brian Flores and Los Angeles Rams DC Chris Shula. The squad brought McCarthy, Flores and Miami Dolphins DC Anthony Weaver successful for in-person interviews but person made their determination and are going pinch McCarthy.

The Steelers will request to bring successful a backmost complete nan adjacent fewer years and apt look astatine McCarthy arsenic their champion action to thief create him. For now, however, nan erstwhile Packers caput coach could beryllium an easy span to get Aaron Rodgers backmost successful nan building arsenic well.

“There are a batch of things that spell into being a successful coach,” Team President Art Rooney II said astir nan team's adjacent coach. “Number one, really, I deliberation successful my mind, is activity and really trusting that this personification tin guidelines successful beforehand of your squad time successful and time out, and clasp their attraction and person them motivated to do what they do. So, that’s what’s astir important.”

McCarthy has been a caput coach successful nan NFL for 18 years pinch 13 winning season. Trying to switch Mike Tomlin for nan first clip successful 19 seasons, that benignant of winning civilization surely fits what Pittsburgh is aiming for.

What Now?

The Steelers will now statesman to capable their coaching staff. After letting everyone spell aft Tomlin's departure, McCarthy and wide head Omar Khan will request to determine who's filling nan holes.

They whitethorn take to clasp immoderate coaches from Tomlin's staff. They'll past capable nan remaining positions from nan outside.

After that, they'll activity connected nan roster and statesman their scouting process. With nan NFL Combine astir a period away, things will move quickly successful position of deciding which roster moves they want to make and what positions they're willing successful in nan NFL Draft.

Things won't slow down for nan Steelers, but they answered their first - and biggest - mobility of nan offseason.

Mike McCarthy is nan caller leader of nan achromatic and gold.

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