{"id":680653,"date":"2026-01-16T01:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/680653\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T01:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:39:14","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-coaches-given-permission-to-seek-other-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/680653\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers coaches given permission to seek other jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pittsburgh Steelers will look much different in 2026 than they have in the last 19 years. Head coach Mike Tomlin stepped down after the team\u2019s wild card loss to the Houston Texans, marking the seventh straight postseason defeat for the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With Tomlin gone, questions arose about which, if any, assistants would be retained on staff by the next head coach. And while some names could return, the Steelers have permitted all coaches to seek employment elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gerrydulac\/status\/2011917923321835888?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to Gerry Dulac.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Steelers have told all of Mike Tomlin\u2019s assistant coaches they are free to pursue other opportunities and won\u2019t be retained unless the new head coach wants to rehire them, per multiple sources,\u201d Dulac reports. \u201cAll coaches are under contract through the end of February.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Offensive coordinator Arthur Smith has been requested to interview for multiple head coach and offensive coordinator positions around the league. Other assistants like running backs coach Eddie Faulkner and wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni will likely be sought-after names.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers will look much different in 2026 than they have in the last 19 years. Head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,79738,2374,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-680653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-coaching-staff","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","14":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","15":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115902229442935671","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}