The Pittsburgh Steelers have already hired four former Green Bay Packers coach and are interviewing more.
The Miami Dolphins have essentially taken the entire defensive staff from the 2025 Green Bay Packers, along with vice president of player personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan and pro scout Venzell Boulware, this offseason. While Packers South is getting a lot of attention, Packers East is starting to develop, too.
If you haven’t heard, former Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy has been named the next leader of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Aaron Rodgers Watch 2026 will revolve around whether Rodgers will be retiring or returning to play under his 2006-2018 head coach. In his opening press conference with the Steelers, McCarthy said he “definitely” wants Rodgers to be his quarterback next year.
But the Packers connections don’t end there with the McCarthy Steelers.
With McCarthy stating that he will be the offensive play-caller in Pittsburgh, the biggest hire under him is his defensive coordinator. According to Jordan Schultz, McCarthy will hire Patrick Graham to fill the position. Graham, formerly the defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins, New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders, was McCarthy’s linebackers coach and run game coordinator in 2018 with the Packers.
Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports is also reporting that James Campen, who was Green Bay’s offensive line coach from 2007 to 2018, is going to join McCarthy’s staff with the same title. Campen was still under contract with the Packers when head coach Matt LaFleur was hired, but Campen was allowed to leave for the Cleveland Browns. LaFleur hired Adam Stenavich, now Green Bay’s offensive coordinator, to be his first offensive line coach in 2019.
Jason Simmons is also joining McCarthy’s staff, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Simmons was in Green Bay from 2011 to 2019, working various coaching roles in the secondary.
Former Packers quarterback Scott Tolzien (2013-2015), who also coached under McCarthy with the Dallas Cowboys, is also being interviewed for the offensive coordinator job in Pittsburgh, according to Fowler.
For Green Bay fans, there’s going to be a lot of familiar faces in Pittsburgh this season.
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