{"id":722492,"date":"2026-02-01T23:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722492\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:24:16","slug":"report-pittsburgh-steelers-to-hire-saints-assistant-as-offensive-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722492\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Pittsburgh Steelers to hire Saints assistant as offensive coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pittsburgh Steelers are reportedly filling another key spot on their coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Steelers_DB\/status\/2018069344111239668?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Derrick Bell of Steelers Now<\/a>, the Steelers are going to hire Scott Tolzien as their offensive coordinator. Bell was also the first to report that Pittsburgh would be hiring Patrick Graham as its defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tolzien was the quarterbacks coach under Mike McCarthy with the Dallas Cowboys from 2023-24. He was also an assistant on the staff from 2020-22. Tolzien also played for McCarthy from 2013-15 as a backup to Aaron Rodgers. He currently serves as the quarterbacks coach for the New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As a player, Tolzien was in the NFL from 2011-17, serving as a backup for the San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Packers, and Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let us know what you think in the comments. 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 are reportedly filling another key spot on their coaching staff. According to Derrick Bell of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722493,"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-722492","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\/115997957503804900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722492","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=722492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}