MUNCIE, Ind. — Eddie Faulkner has not forgotten his Muncie roots.
The Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach might be in his first year coaching in the National Football League. He might be almost a decade removed from his time coaching at Ball State, where he was in various capacities from 2003-10, with stops at Northern Illinois, Wisconsin and North Carolina State along the way since. He might be even further removed from his experience at Muncie Central High School, where the Muncie native was before he went on to star as a running back at Wisconsin and get a shot at the NFL as a player.