Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin hinted at changes forthcoming this offseason during his end of season press conference on Wednesday. The first of those changes was announced yesterday when the team released a statement from the coach regarding the decision not to renew the contract of outside linebackers coach Joey Porter.
Porter, formerly an outside linebacker originally drafted by the Steelers in 1999 and released in 2007 in Tomlin’s first season as head coach, joined the coaching ranks as a defensive assistant with Colorado State in 2013. Tomlin brought him to Pittsburgh in the same capacity in 2014.