Like his predecessors, new Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin had already previously been a member of the coaching staff in a lesser role before being promoted (or in the case of Dick LeBeau, brought back at a later point in time) to lead the defense. Will his role differ from that of Keith Butler’s and end-of-tenure LeBeau?
Speaking to reporters during OTAs yesterday, he shockingly would not give an entirely clear answer, but did offer that he would be functioning “like a normal staff where you have the coordinator who’s coordinating and putting things together”, according to Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.