After a week of reports saying it was all but finalized, i Steelers quarterbacks coach Matt Canada is team’s next offensive coordinator.
Canada has been with the Steelers for only this season, his first job as an assistant in the NFL, and the first pure QB coach the team has had in years.
The Fan’s Andrew Fillipponi reported that the hire was 99.99 percent certain on Friday.
The 48-year-old dazzled with the motion and innovation he put together at Pitt in his only season with the Panthers in 2016. The Panthers jumped nearly 12 points a game, averaging 40.9 during his one season as offensive coordinator.
Since his career started in 1994 as a graduate assistant at Indiana. It would be Canada’s tenth different offensive coordinator job and first in the pros.
The Steelers also reportedly interviewed former Raiders and Browns head coach Hue Jackson and current Charges quarterbacks coach Pep Hamilton.
After being bounced from the playoffs in the Wild Card round, the Steelers fired now former offensive coordinator Randy Fichner.