PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – He had Mike McCarthy as his head coach and was in the quarterback room with Aaron Rodgers, according to the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero Scott Tolzien is interviewing with the Steelers on Monday to be the next offensive coordinator.
The 38-year-old was the New Orleans quarterbacks coach last year where former McCarthy offensive coordinator Kellen Moore was the head coach and Doug Nussmeier was the offensive coordinator. Previously Tolzien was with McCarthy in Dallas, his first NFL coaching job. He served as the Dallas quarterbacks coach the last two years.
The Illinois native had only two Power Four offers out of high school and went with former Pitt head coach Paul Chryst at Wisconsin. He would play in the NFL working with Greg Roman as his offensive coordinator for two seasons in San Francisco. Tolzien was a third-stringer and then back-up for three years with McCarthy in Green Bay and had assistants Tom Clements, Alex Van Pelt, Ben McAdoo and Luke Getsy. He finished is playing career with Indianapolis as Andrew Luck and Jacoby Brissett’s backup where current Dallas head coach Brian Schottenheimer was the quarterbacks coach.