PITTSBURGH --After a brief search led by head coach Mike Tomlin, the Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to hire former Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith to be the team's next offensive coordinator.
The Steelers selected him from a pool of three interviewed candidates that also included Houston Texans quarterback coach Jerrod Johnson and former Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Thomas Brown.
Smith checked the boxes Tomlin listed at his end-of-season press conference: external hire, previous offensive coordinator experience and a track record that suggests he can execute an offensive philosophy with the talent already on the Steelers' roster.