The seek for the subsequent basic supervisor of the Pittsburgh Steelers continues apace. The workforce introduced Saturday that it had accomplished interviews this week with three extra candidates: Joe Hortiz, Ran Carthon, and Andy Weidl.

Hortiz is the Director of Participant Personnel for the division rival Baltimore Ravens, and has been with the group for greater than 20 years. Carthon is the Director of Professional Personnel for the San Francisco 49ers, a task he has held since 2019. He beforehand labored for the Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons and performed elements of two NFL seasons as a operating again. Weidl is the Vice President of Participant Personnel for the Philadelphia Eagles, and has been with the group since 2016. Previous to that, he spent the 2005 via 2016 seasons on employees with the Ravens. 

Pittsburgh had beforehand interviewed a number of different exterior candidates, together with “Monday Night time Soccer” analyst Louis Riddick, in addition to Tennessee Titans govt Ryan Cowden, Los Angeles Chargers director of participant personnel JoJo Wood and Indianapolis Colts assistant basic supervisor Ed Dobbs. 

Inner candidates Brandon Hunt, the professional scouting coordinator; and Omar Khan, the vice chairman of soccer operations, are nonetheless believed to be favorites to interchange Kevin Colbert, who’s set to retire following the 2022 NFL Draft. Colbert has been the workforce’s lead soccer govt since 2000 after beforehand having served because the Professional Scouting Director for the Detroit Lions throughout the Nineteen Nineties.