Updated Jan. 30, 2026, 4:44 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
The newest head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> \u2014 Mike McCarthy \u2014 has made multiple additions to his coaching staff, but plenty of offensive coordinator candidates remain worthy of keeping an eye on over the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n As the McCarthy-led Steelers<\/a> prepare interviews with candidates for their new coaching staff, here\u2019s an offensive coordinator scouting report on New Orleans Saints<\/a> quarterbacks coach Scott Tolzien.<\/p>\n Coaching backgroundOffensive Assistant Coach \u2014 Dallas Cowboys, 2020Offensive Assistant Coach \u2014 Dallas Cowboys, 2021Offensive Assistant Coach \u2014 Dallas Cowboys, 2022Quarterbacks Coach \u2014 Dallas Cowboys, 2023Quarterbacks Coach \u2014 Dallas Cowboys, 2024Quarterbacks Coach \u2014 New Orleans Saints, 2025What fans should know<\/p>\n Tolzien is a former NFL quarterback for the then\u2013San Diego Chargers (2011), San Francisco 49ers (2011\u20132012), Green Bay Packers<\/a> (2013\u20132015), and Indianapolis Colts<\/a> (2016\u20132017) \u2014 giving him an edge as a coach in multiple different systems and quarterback rooms he was a part of. He also played a big role in the development of Saints\u2019 2025 first-round quarterback Tyler Shough, who began to show real promise toward the end of the season.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Potential fit with McCarthy<\/p>\n McCarthy originally hired Tolzien as an offensive coaching assistant. He was promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2023 before parting ways with Dallas following McCarthy\u2019s decision to step away. Clearly familiar with McCarthy\u2019s brand of offense, Tolzien would make a solid offensive coordinator under his former head coach.<\/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":"Updated Jan. 30, 2026, 4:44 p.m. ET The newest head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers \u2014 Mike McCarthy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[95878,7,6,520,57,2360,96718,96719,426,95882,95976,95903,95896,96129,95888,95895,95906,96720,96071,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-721431","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-taggreen-bay-packers","19":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnew-orleans-saints","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","26":"tag-tagsmg-timely","27":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721431","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=721431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}