When Markus Golden arrives in Pittsburgh, he’ll have one familiar face. Except it won’t be one of his current teammates. Golden, who played at Missouri from 2012-2014, overlapped with Denzel Martin, Pittsburgh’s current outside linebackers coach. While Golden was a star at Mizzou and later became a second-round draft pick, Martin was a walk-on, but he was already preparing for his coaching career. In a Columbia Tribune article by David Morrison from 2014, Golden talked about Martin’s coaching acumen.
“I was able to sack Johnny Manziel because of him. He told me, ‘Hey MG, watch his foot.