Former top-five draftee Aaron Curry is moving up the ladder in the coaching ranks. After spending three seasons as a Seahawks assistant, he is joining the Steelers’ staff as a position coach.
The one-time No. 4 overall pick tweeted he will be Pittsburgh-bound, and Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette notes (via Twitter) the Steelers are hiring Curry as their inside linebackers coach. Longtime Steelers assistant Jerry Olsavsky will not be back for the 2023 season, Dulac tweets. The Steelers have since announced Curry’s hire.
Curry, 36, will arrive shortly after Brian Flores left to become the Vikings’ defensive coordinator. Flores was not expected to stay long, with Mike Tomlin hiring the veteran staffer as his linebackers coach and senior defensive assistant after his surprise Miami exit. The Steelers will now turn the keys over to a younger staffer.
Although Curry’s NFL playing career did not pan out as expected, he is one of the highest-drafted off-ball linebackers in modern NFL history and has been coaching for nearly 10 years now. After spending five seasons at the University of Charlotte, Curry joined the Seahawks — the team that drafted him 14 years ago — as an assistant. He spent the past three years as a Seattle defensive staffer. This will be his first go-round being an NFL position coach.
The Steelers’ defensive staff will look at bit different in 2023. Assistant HC John Mitchell retired after 29 seasons with the organization, and Olsavsky is out after 22 years — as a player and coach — with the team. A former Steelers 10th-round pick who played nine seasons with the team (37 starts), Olsavsky had been on Tomlin’s staff for the past 13 seasons — eight as inside linebackers coach.
Good for him. Man I missed on what is NFL career would look like
I honestly thought he was one of the safest picks in the draft that year…
I thought he was going to end up being a stalwart like Willis for the 49ers for the next 10 years…
Idk why he never made it, completely surprised me.
If he had anything to do with helping Seahawk linebackers over the past few years, I love this hire.
Is this a joke??? If it is good one! If not, are you kidding?! The Seahawks have been super soft in the middle. Especially in getting swept by the NFC South this season when the like of Carolina, New Orleans, Tampa, and Atlanta ran all over the D. The Seahawks LBs make a ton of tackles chasing down TE and RBs from behind following huge gains.
Yea tru same here, at least he found a way to still stay in the league
Who will he be coaching is the question. That ILB room will be looking mighty different next year. No Bush, maybe no Spillane, maybe no Jack. It’s all his to develop that’s for sure. Hoping Mark Robinson takes this opportunity and runs with it. Here we go
I get your point but either Jack or Spillane will be back, if not both. And truthfully, if he can get Robinson to show more of his potential than what we saw during the regular season, it’s a victory
Steelers looking to spice things up a bit.
Aaron Curry played at Wake Forest, not the University of Charlotte.
He coached at the University of Charlotte not played..