The Steelers hired former Bengals’ defensive coordinator
Teryl Austin to serve as a senior defensive assistant, according to sources. In Pittsburgh, Austin’s focus will be on the
secondary.
After the 2016 and 2017 seasons, Austin was in the mix for
head coaching jobs around the league. In 2018, he pushed for the Lions to
promote him from defensive coordinator to head coach after Jim Caldwell was
fired, but the team was dead set on hiring Matt Patricia. When that became
apparent to Austin, he hooked on with the Bengals to serve under Lewis.
Unfortunately, things did not work out with the
Bengals. He was canned in November after the Bengals suffered a brutal
one-sided loss to the Saints.
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