Many tributes have been pouring in over the course of the past day and a half memorializing the late Darryl Drake, who passed away suddenly yesterday morning at the age of 62 as he was preparing to enter his second season with the Pittsburgh Steelers as wide receivers coach.
Drake spent nearly four decades in coaching, starting at his alma mater of Western Kentucky as a graduate assistant in 1983. He remained in the college ranks until he got an opportunity to join the staff of the Chicago Bears in 2004, spending five years with the Arizona Cardinals before being hired by the Steelers in 2018.