The Pittsburgh Steelers are losing at least one coach at the end of the 2025 season, as assistant defensive backs coach Anthony Midget has accepted a job with Virginia Tech, according to a report by 247 Sports.
Midget is in his second season as the Steelers' assistant defensive backs coach. He took that job in 2024 , serving under Grady Brown, and retained the position after the Steelers replaced Brown with Gerald Alexander entering 2025.
Midget will become the cornerbacks coach on the new staff at his alma mater, Virginia Tech under former head coach James Franklin , according to Kolby Crawford of 247 Sports.
Midget, 47, is a Florida native and a former NFL cornerback with the Atlanta Falcons , Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings from 2000-02. He played for Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin during his brief stint in the NFL with the Bucs.
He immediately got into coaching at the high school level after his playing career ended. In 2007, he first joined the staff at Virginia Tech as a a graduate assistant. From there, the went to Georgia State, where he was defensive backs coach, special teams coordinator and then defensive coordinator from 2008-2011.
Midget had a one-year stop as safeties coach at Penn State in 2013 before getting his first shot in the NFL with the Houston Texans in 2014. He spent five seasons in Houston, three as assistant secondary coach and two more as secondary coach under head coach Bill O'Brien.
He became the defensive backs coach of the Tennessee Titans in 2020, a post he held for two years before he was fired last January. Midget did not coach in the NFL in 2023, working at Florida State.
Midget is the first departure for the Steelers' 2025 coaching staff, but likely won't be the last, with the team turning over and average of two to three coaches per offseason over the last few years.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : Steelers Coach Set to Leave Staff After 2025 Season
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