{"id":758264,"date":"2026-02-17T12:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/758264\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:47:20","slug":"ex-steelers-outside-linebackers-coach-denzel-martin-hired-by-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/758264\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Steelers outside linebackers coach Denzel Martin hired by Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 16, 2026, 3:57 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Another coach from <a href=\"http:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/01\/15\/steelers-mike-tomlin-coaching-staff-cut-ties\/88205713007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tomlin&#8217;s staff<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/02\/16\/steelers-james-harrison-ben-roethlisberger-joey-porter\/88707186007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> has found a new home in the NFL with Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to a report from Jordan Schultz, the Chargers are hiring former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" data-autotag=\"c4d4185f-a327-423a-aa54-67a40f9dee05\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Steelers<\/a> outside linebackers coach Denzel Martin as their new assistant OLBs coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Martin joined the Steelers staff in 2016 as a scouting assistant and became a coaching assistant in 2018. He was promoted to assistant outside linebackers coach in 2020 and held the position for three seasons. Martin most recently served as the Steelers outside linebackers coach for Pittsburgh from 2023\u20132025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Additionally, the Chargers also brought in another coach with ties to Pittsburgh, former Steelers linebacker Sean Spence, who gets his first NFL coaching opportunity with Harbaugh in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteelersWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 16, 2026, 3:57 p.m. ET Another coach from Mike Tomlin&#8217;s staff on the Pittsburgh Steelers has found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[95878,241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,6,96718,96719,95882,95893,95942,97638,95896,95888,95895,95906,96720,108389,96071,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-758264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","17":"tag-sstsnsteelers","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagfacebook","20":"tag-tagjim-harbaugh","21":"tag-tagmike-tomlin","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnfl","24":"tag-tagnfl-hub","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","27":"tag-tagsean-spence","28":"tag-tagsmg-timely","29":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","30":"tag-tagsports-news","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116086049889143302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758264","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=758264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}