Steelers coach won't return in 2023
The Pittsburgh Steelers have made a slight change to their coaching staff. On Wednesday, they hired Aaron Curry to be their inside linebackers coach. As a result, Jerry Olsavsky, who has held the same position with the Steelers for the last eight seasons, will not return. Olsavsky has been a part of the Steelers organization […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have made a slight change to their coaching staff.
On Wednesday, they hired Aaron Curry to be their inside linebackers coach. As a result, Jerry Olsavsky, who has held the same position with the Steelers for the last eight seasons, will not return.
Olsavsky has been a part of the Steelers organization for 22 seasons. He was drafted by the Steelers in 1989 in the 10th round and played there for nine years. Olsavsky was named to the PFWA (Pro Football Writers of America) All-Rookie team.
A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Olsavsky got his first coaching gig at Youngstown State as a linebackers coach in 2003 and was there for seven seasons. In 2010, he was hired as a defensive assistant by the Steelers and kept that role until he became their inside linebackers coach in 2015.
Olsavsky is the third member of the Steelers' defensive coaching staff that has left recently. Brian Flores, who served as the team's senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach in 2022, is now the new defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings. Also, Longtime John Mitchell retired last week after 29 seasons with the Steelers.
Curry was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft and played there for three seasons. After his playing career ended in 2013, he was a graduate assistant at UNC Charlotte for a year and then spent four seasons there as a defensive line coach (2015-2018).
The former first-round pick returned to the Seahawks as a coaching assistant in 2019. Curry spent the last three seasons there as their defensive assistant before coming to Pittsburgh.
It'll be intriguing to see if Curry's tenure with the Steelers lasts as long as Olsavsky's did.
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