A coaching free agent, many Pittsburgh Steelers fans have connected the dots between the team and former WR Hines Ward. It’s not hard to do. A great player who worked an internship with the team years ago, he could serve as a strong mentor to a relatively young WR room that includes George Pickens, in the headlines for the wrong reasons as often as he’s been in them for the right ones.
But a new report indicates Pittsburgh might not be Ward’s next stop. According to Texasfootball.com’s Cory Hogue, Texas Southern has reached out to Ward about its head-coaching position.