Ravens Bolster Teaching Employees, Rent Chuck Pagano As Defensive Assistant

Although the Pittsburgh Steelers are exhibiting no urge for food to extend their teaching workers, the Baltimore Ravens are aggressively including. The staff has introduced Chuck Pagano out of retirement to turn into the Ravens’ senior secondary coach, the staff introduced Tuesday evening. He reunites with head coach John Harbaugh, who employed him in 2008.

On the age of 64, Pagano’s been within the NFL for fairly some time. He’s held varied roles for varied groups earlier than, however his final teaching stint got here with the Chicago Bears, which wrapped up after the 2020 season. Now, he’s making a comeback.

Pagano started his teaching journey in faculty, working with USC, Boise State, Miami, UNLV and Japanese Carolina all at varied factors. Pagano made the leap to the NFL in 2001. He landed with a special AFC North staff, the Cleveland Browns.

Pagano stayed in Cleveland for a number of years earlier than heading to the Oakland Raiders in the identical position. He’d take a 12 months away from the NFL in 2007, spending it as defensive coordinator for the UNC Tar Heels (and lacking Steelers OC Arthur Smith by a season). After, he went to Baltimore for the primary time, the place he spent 4 seasons.

Most notably, Pagano was the top coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2012 to 2017. He compiled a 53-43 throughout that point in six years with the staff, making the playoffs three time. In 2012, he stepped apart for 11 video games whereas battling leukemia, returning for the common season finale.

Since, he stepped into the media world and was a frequent visitor on the Pat McAfee Present providing perception and evaluation by means of the lens of a coach.

This isn’t the primary time this offseason we’ve seen an older coach return to the sport they couldn’t avoid. Earlier this week, Pete Carroll, on the age of 73, agreed to turn into head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. Like Pagano, he took time away from the NFL, earlier than deciding to return again.

Pagano’s rent can be a reminder of the stage within the offseason during which we’re in, and the way that may relate to the Steelers. That is the time of the offseason during which the teaching carousel begins to determine itself out. The Steelers themselves had some new developments earlier this week with reference to their workers.

Proper now, it doesn’t appear to be any of the primary cogs on Pittsburgh’s teaching workers are leaving. But, there’s nonetheless an honest likelihood we see one or two coaches changed.