{"id":687999,"date":"2026-01-19T05:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687999\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:25:13","slug":"report-chargers-request-interview-with-steelers-arthur-smith-for-oc-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687999\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Chargers request interview with Steelers\u2019 Arthur Smith for OC job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith continues to draw interest from a number of NFL teams in the 2026 hiring cycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Per a report from NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport, the Los Angeles Chargers requested an interview with Smith for their vacant offensive coordinator position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Los Angeles fired coordinator Greg Roman following a first-round playoff exit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Chargers join the Detroit Lions in showing interest in Smith for an offensive coordinator job, which would be a lateral move for him, coming from the same role on the Steelers. The Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals, on the other hand, have requested interviews with Smith for their respective head coaching jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Last week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behindthesteelcurtain.com\/pittsburgh-steelers-news\/165387\/steelers-coaches-all-given-permission-to-seek-other-jobs-mike-tomlin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\u2019s Gerry Dulac<\/a> reported that the Steelers\u2019 current coaching staff is free to pursue other opportunities as Pittsburgh searches for a successor to Mike Tomlin.<\/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":"Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith continues to draw interest from a number of NFL teams in the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,6,79738,2374],"class_list":{"0":"post-687999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangeleschargers","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-coaching-staff","16":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115920104755315517","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687999","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=687999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}