This offseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers brought back a familiar face to replace Grady Brown as the team’s defensive backs coach, hiring Gerald Alexander, who spent 2022-2023 as the team’s assistant defensive backs coach before leaving to serve as the Las Vegas Raiders’ safeties coach last season. His final season in Pittsburgh overlapped with CB Joey Porter Jr.’s rookie year, and Porter said he’s excited to have Alexander back with the Steelers.
“It’s great to have him back in the building. I had him my rookie year, so I already had that relationship with him. He was a great guy, a great mentor to me, in the room.