Jan. 20, 2026, 1:25 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
Ahead of next week\u2019s in-person meetings, the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> have concluded their first round of virtual interviews for their vacant head coach position<\/a>.<\/p>\n Steelers<\/a> Senior Director of Communications Burt Lauten reported that seven virtual interviews<\/a> were completed with the following potential head coaching candidates:<\/p>\n Panthers<\/a> defensive coordinator Ejiro EveroGreen Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff HafleySan Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Klay KubiakLos Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse MinterLos Angeles Rams pass game coordinator Nate ScheelhaaseLos Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem MorrisMiami Dolphins<\/a> defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver<\/p>\n Of the seven candidates, the Steelers lost out on Hafley<\/a>, as he was hired by the Dolphins on Monday to become their 12th full-time head coach in franchise history.<\/p>\n Additionally, Pittsburgh’s first two in-person interviews will reportedly be Weaver and Minnesota Vikings<\/a> defensive coordinator Brian Flores, as well as reportedly meeting with former Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy next week to discuss the vacancy.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 20, 2026, 1:25 a.m. ET Ahead of next week\u2019s in-person meetings, the Pittsburgh Steelers have concluded their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[95878,7,6,520,57,2360,96718,96719,426,95882,96059,95893,95951,95988,95888,95895,95899,96720,96071,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-690656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","15":"tag-sstsnsteelers","16":"tag-steelers","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcarolina-panthers","19":"tag-tagfacebook","20":"tag-tagmiami-dolphins","21":"tag-tagminnesota-vikings","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","26":"tag-tagsmg-timely","27":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115926270249115406","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690656","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=690656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}