When the pittsburgh steelers decided to hire arthur smith to be their next offensive coordinator, they ventured out of their comfort zone. By employing an outside candidate that hasn’t appeared in the organization, you give him the power to choose and select his coaching staff. Smith added another assistant on wednesday, reshuffling the name of former steelers qb coach and interim oc mike sullivan, who also brought in his own qb and wr coaches. Steelers recruit matt baker and re-title mike sullivan. matt baker, pittsburgh’s new offensive assistant, goes way back to arthur smith, who was a north carolina quarterback before coaching together last season in atlanta.
Since both spent time at john carroll, baker has a friendship with recently signed qb coach tom arth. However, mike sullivan’s name was changed with the signing of arth, according to the team’s website. We’ll see how things turn out for pittsburgh’s offense in 2024, but one thing is for certain: the team and scheme will be different, and it will be created in arthur smith’s image.
