PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – We heard over the weekend of the Steelers hiring a new defensive coach from the Seahawks. Today the Steelers announced Aaron Curry is their new inside linebackers coach, what 93.7 The Fan has learned is he is replacing long-time assistant Jerry Olsavsky, as first reported by Gerry Dulac at the Post-Gazette.
It's an opportunity for the Steelers to get two decades younger at the position. Curry won the Butkus Award in 2008 out of Wake Forest and began his coaching career five years later beginning as a strength and conditioning intern at Charlotte. He moved to a graduate assistant position and coached both Alex Highsmith and Larry Ogunjobi before he was hired by the Seahawks as a defensive assistant. After a year in that position, he coached the linebackers for the next two seasons and last year worked with the defensive line and defensive ends under Pete Carroll.
Olsavsky played for the Steelers from 1989 to 1997 and finished his career a season each with the Bengals and Ravens. The former Pitt linebacker's first coaching break was with Youngstown State, where he grew up, serving as linebackers coach for seven years before being hired by the Steelers first as a defensive assistant and then inside linebacker coach.
The Steelers coaching staff currently sits at 16.
