{"id":724150,"date":"2026-02-02T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/724150\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:00:25","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-hire-new-special-teams-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/724150\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers hire new special teams coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 coaching staff is nearly complete, and you can keep up with all of the new additions with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behindthesteelcurtain.com\/pittsburgh-steelers-news\/165726\/steelers-assistant-coach-tracker-interviews-hires-departures-defensive-offensive-coordinator-news-patrick-graham-jason-simmons-lunda-wells\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">assistant coach tracker<\/a>. After hiring Patrick Graham as defensive coordinator and reportedly getting set to hire Scott Tolzien as offensive coordinator, the Steelers now have a new special teams coordinator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Per Tom Pelissero, the Steelers are hiring Danny Crossman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Steelers are expected to hire Danny Crossman as their special teams coordinator, per source,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/2018339873154097238?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pelissero reports<\/a>. \u201cCrossman, 59, has over two decades of NFL experience, most recently with the Dolphins. A key hire for Mike McCarthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers had also shown interest in former Buffalo Bills special teams coordinator Matthew Smiley, but opt to go with Crossman instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Crossman\u2019s coaching career began back in 1993 when he coached defensive backs and special teams at the Coast Guard Academy. He\u2019s held several different special teams coach roles across the NFL since 2003.<\/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\u2019 coaching staff is nearly complete, and you can keep up with all of the new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724151,"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-724150","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\/116002109848508458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724150","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=724150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}