{"id":755323,"date":"2026-02-16T04:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755323\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T04:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:52:00","slug":"shane-steichen-tweaks-indianapolis-colts-defensive-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755323\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Steichen tweaks Indianapolis Colts&#8217; defensive coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 14, 2026, 7:37 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> have reportedly made two more additions to their defensive coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This comes after it was reported that <a href=\"http:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/02\/12\/colts-shane-steichen-hires-new-coach-ties-trey-hendrickson\/88640713007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marion Hobby<\/a> will be the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" data-autotag=\"d3fda36a-3eb5-4700-8763-caba831c06ae\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>&#8216; new defensive line coach. Hobby worked previously with Lou Anarumo in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteThamel\/status\/2022341142071976182?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN&#8217;s Pete Thamel<\/a>, Jeremy Bruce will be joining the Colts as a defensive quality control coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He most recently was the outside linebackers coach at UNLV. Before joining UNLV,<a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/coaches\/jeremy-bruce\/3857\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Bruce spent time<\/a> at Kentucky, SMU, Oregon State, Fresno State, and Wyoming. His coaching background is rooted in the defensive line position group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dillon Doyle is the other addition to the Colts&#8217; defensive coaching staff, which he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dillondoyle_\/status\/2022083559494946960?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> on X. Doyle will also be a defensive quality control coach.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Doyle worked in Buffalo last season under head coach Sean McDermott.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Colts&#8217; defense in 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrankings.com\/nfl\/stat\/opponent-points-per-game\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ranked 21st<\/a> in scoring and 23rd in yards per game surrendered, particularly struggling down the stretch of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2026\/02\/12\/high-potential-roster-turnover-indianapolis-colts-highlights-offseason-needs\/88645448007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Addressing the defense<\/a> this offseason will seemingly be a top priority for GM Chris Ballard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 14, 2026, 7:37 a.m. ET The Indianapolis Colts have reportedly made two more additions to their defensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,4589,2004,392,2381,6,49915,95900,95882,97182,95892,95903,95895,95899,97837,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-755323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-fresno","12":"tag-indianapolis","13":"tag-indianapolis-colts","14":"tag-indianapoliscolts","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","17":"tag-sstsncolts","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagcalifornia-state-university","20":"tag-tagespn-inc","21":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagsean-mcdermott","25":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116078518350026662","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755323","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=755323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}