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Historical Ties Tend To Bond Tomlin’s Coaching Staff

Sometimes it seems as though, as long as you look hard enough, you are bound to find some direct connection tying every move the Pittsburgh Steelers make to an in-house move. This is especially true of the coaching staff, where they have employed a number of former players, including Jerry Olsavsky, who remained their inside linebackers coach.

Mike Tomlin hired Karl Dunbar, who coached under him with the Minnesota Vikings, but Dunbar was also a Steelers draft pick way back when, even if the didn’t ultimately play for them.