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Mike McCarthy begins filling out staff, which is expected to include ex-Steelers DB Jason Simmons

Forget the ink drying — Mike McCarthy hadn’t even signed the official contract before he already began assembling the staff under him as new Pittsburgh Steelers head coach. “The last 72 hours have been about the staff,” McCarthy said Tuesday, not long after the official announcement of his hire was...
First Call: Competition for potential Steelers OC; LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier’s interest in playing for Mike McCarthy

“First Call” for Thursday has an update on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive coordinator search. A quarterback draft candidate has an interest in Pittsburgh’s new head coach. The Penguins return home. And we compare Pitt’s recent attendance restrictions at Acrisure Stadium with other moves by ACC schools. Shopping in the same...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans are angry over the hiring of Mike McCarthy, media coverage of the hire — or both

Everybody in Pittsburgh has been in a snit over one big topic all week. Snow removal. That’s right. I’m right there with you. I live on the North Side, and I haven’t seen a single snowplow since at leas…. … OH! Oh, that other thing. The Steelers’ new head coach....
Ben Roethlisberger on Steelers’ choice of Mike McCarthy: ‘I like the hire. I really do’

Big Ben is a big fan of the Mike McCarthy hire. Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Wednesday weighed in on the choice of McCarthy to serve as the franchise’s 17th coach. “I think it’s a great hire,” Roethlisberger said during a guest appearance on the “In the Locker...
Former Steelers Pro Bowl defensive back Clendon Thomas dies at 90

Clendon Thomas, a College Football Hall of Fame inductee who was named to an NFL Pro Bowl as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Monday. He was 90 years old. Thomas was an All-America running back for the University of Oklahoma in the 1950s, a member of two consensus...
Report: Steelers to hire former Mike McCarthy assistant as wide receivers coach

Mike McCarthy will reunite with one of his former assistant coaches. Adam Henry, who served as McCarthy’s wide receivers coach in Dallas for two seasons, will take the same role with the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to an NFL Network report. McCarthy said Tuesday he’d already begun to assemble his coaching...
Reputation as offensive guru aside, Mike McCarthy emphasizes defense in building Steelers

For the better part of a quarter century, Mike McCarthy fostered a reputation as one of the NFL’s foremost offensive minds. The production speaks for itself. Over McCarthy’s 18 seasons as a head coach, his offenses have ranked among the top five in the NFL in points scored 10 times,...
30 after 30: After 3 decades, Larry Brown recalls how his ‘scissorhands’ sliced the Steelers’ Super Bowl XXX dreams

Dallas Cowboys defensive back Larry Brown was so bad at catching footballs as a rookie, his teammates called him “Edward Scissorhands.” “Emmitt Smith gave me that name,” Brown said through a chuckle from his home in Texas last week. “They throw that ball very hard. I think people underestimate the...
First Call: Offensive coordinator prospect emerges for Mike McCarthy’s staff, ex-Steeler in defensive coordinator mix

Wednesday’s “First Call” has names to watch for both of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ open coordinator positions. We also look at a busy night of local college basketball for both Robert Morris and Duquesne. Plus, RMU’s hockey team gets some well-earned recognition after an important series sweep over the weekend. Looking...
‘Pittsburgh is my world’: Mike McCarthy basks in taking over hometown SteelersVideo

Mike McCarthy smiled as he briskly rubbed the palms of his hands together. It was as much of an attempt to keep from crying as he was psyching himself up. The effort failed. McCarthy made it all of five public words into his tenure as Pittsburgh Steelers coach before he...
New coach Mike McCarthy reveals plans for Steelers’ offensive, defensive schemes

Playcalling won’t be a job requirement for whomever Mike McCarthy hires as offensive coordinator. As the Pittsburgh Steelers’ new head coach, McCarthy will call plays for the offense, a responsibility he kept for himself during his final two seasons in Dallas and most of his 13 years in Green Bay....
Mark Madden: Mike McCarthy won the press conference, but it’s still a bad hire

Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II said it wasn’t important for new coach Mike McCarthy to win the initial press conference. But McCarthy did exactly that. Rooney said McCarthy wasn’t hired because, having coached Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay, he’s the best bet to lure Rodgers back to Pittsburgh for...
Tim Benz: Mike McCarthy’s first step with Steelers shouldn’t be backward with Aaron RodgersVideo

Many in Pittsburgh have been critical of the Steelers’ process en route to hiring Mike McCarthy as the new coach of the franchise. A seemingly rushed decision to give McCarthy the job prevented the front office from conducting in-person interviews with any of the candidates employed by teams that were...
Steelers coach Mike McCarthy: ‘Real excited about Will Howard’

The quarterback Mike McCarthy probably praised most Tuesday wasn’t the four-time league MVP that won a Super Bowl with him in Green Bay. Instead, it was Will Howard, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ sixth-round pick in last year’s draft. Sure, McCarthy answered questions about Aaron Rodgers’ future, but McCarthy also offered unsolicited...
Why not interview young Rams assistants? Art II: McCarthy was ‘obvious decision’ for Steelers

Until word broke early Saturday afternoon that Greenfield’s Mike McCarthy had agreed to be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ next coach, many from the outside assumed the team would take the route it has for decades in selecting its next leader. A young, defensive-oriented assistant who’d never been a head coach before....
Steelers introduce new coach Mike McCarthyVideo

Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II and general manager Omar Khan introduced Mike McCarthy as the franchise’s new coach Tuesday in the PNC Champions Club at Acrisure Stadium. McCarthy became the Steelers’ fourth coach since 1969 when the team announced his hiring. We have named Mike McCarthy the 17th head...

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