Mike McCarthy and new Pittsburgh Steelers special teams coach Danny Crossman are adding some tutelage to help those units. According to CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones , Derius Swinton II is joining the staff as a senior special teams assistant coach, a position the Steelers haven't had for a long time, if ever.
Swinton was the Las Vegas Raiders ' assistant special teams coach for the past three years, working under Josh McDaniels, Antonio Pierce and Pete Carroll.
Before heading to Sin City, Swinton served as the Los Angeles Chargers ' special teams coordinator in 2021. He began his professional coaching career as a special teams quality control coach with the St. Louis Rams from 2009-11. He crossed Missouri to do the same job with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012.
Swinton has also worked with special teams units for the Chicago Bears (2015, 2017), San Francisco 49ers (2016), and Arizona Cardinals (2020). He spent a season working as an offensive assistant with the Detroit Lions (2018).
Swinton was a defensive back at Hampton University and got into coaching as a defensive graduate assistant at Tennessee .
Swinton will help Crossman, who was the Miami Dolphins ' special teams coordinator for the last seven seasons. Crossman has also been in charge of special teams units for the Buffalo Bills (2013-18), Lions (2010-12) and Carolina Panthers (2007-09).
McCarthy has also added an assistant head coach (Joe Whitt Jr.), defensive passing game coordinator (Jason Simmons), senior offensive assistant (Frank Cignetti Jr.) and chief of staff (Steve Scarnecchia).
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : Mike McCarthy Adds Another New Position to Steelers Coaching Staff
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