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‘I Like His Energy’: Mike Tomlin Loving What He Sees Early On With New ILB Coach Aaron Curry

In the Mike Tomlin era as Pittsburgh Steelers head coach, the franchise has had just four inside linebackers coaches.

Longtime defensive assistant and later defensive coordinator Keith Butler held down the linebackers role handling inside and outside linebackers from 2003-14 with Tomlin taking over in 2007 as head coach. After Butler, Joey Porter entered the fray as the linebackers coach in 2015 before fully shifting to outside linebackers coach with the Steelers bringing in former player Jerry Olsavsky as the inside linebackers coach.

Now, after eight seasons with Olsavsky holding down the inside linebackers room as the position coach — sort of sharing a role with Brian Flores last season — the Steelers have a new face in Aaron Curry.