Steelers Name New Defensive Coordinator

PITTSBURGH, PA — The Steelers on Wednesday named Teryl Austin their defensive coordinator, replacing Keith Butler who retired last month.

Austin has been a senior assistant-secondary coach since 2019 and has 18 years of coaching experience in the NFL. Since his arrival in Pittsburgh in 2019, the Steelers have allowed just four 300-yard passers, which is the fewest in the NFL during the span.

The Sharon, PA native played at the University of Pittsburgh from 1983-87.

He played in the World League of American Football for one season in 1991 with the Montreal Machine, before starting a coaching career in college football. He was a graduate assistant at Penn State and spent time on the defensive coaching staffs of Wake Forest, Syracuse, Michigan and
Florida.

He began his NFL coaching career as a defensive backs-secondary coach with the Seattle Seahawks (2003-06), Arizona Cardinals (2007-09) and Baltimore Ravens (2011-13), with Super Bowl appearances at all three stops, including winning one with the Ravens in 2011.

Austin took over as the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions in 2014 and was there for four seasons, before becoming the Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator in 2018.