{"id":755171,"date":"2026-02-16T03:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755171\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T03:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:11:22","slug":"chargers-to-hire-former-steelers-olb-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755171\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers to hire former Steelers OLB coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Another former Steelers coach has found a new NFL team after not being retained on Mike McCarthy\u2019s Pittsburgh staff. According to a report from NFL insider Jordan Schultz, former Steelers outside linebackers coach Denzel Martin will be joining the Los Angeles Chargers as an assistant outside linebackers coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Martin had a reported interview with the Cowboys earlier in the offseason, but landed with the Chargers instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers were Martin\u2019s first job as an NFL coach; he joined the team in 2016 as a scouting assistant. He\u2019s overseen elite outside linebacker units over his time in Pittsburgh, from coaching stars such as T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith to rock-solid contributors such as Bud Dupree and Nick Herbig. Dupree was with the Chargers in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">However, for now at least, Martin will be taking a step back on the coaching ladder, becoming an assistant outside linebackers coach on Jim Harbaugh\u2019s LA staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Martin isn\u2019t the first coach the Chargers have hired with Steelers ties this year. Schultz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/2022455307872481485\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> earlier in the week that LA is hiring former Steelers linebacker Sean Spence as the Chargers\u2019 new inside linebackers coach for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another former Steelers coach has found a new NFL team after not being retained on Mike McCarthy\u2019s Pittsburgh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755172,"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-755171","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\/116078122593805774","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755171","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=755171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}