Report: Steelers will put Haley in charge of offense
PITTSBURGH – ESPN reported the Pittsburgh Steelers will hire former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley to be their offensive coordinator.
The move, first reported by AM-610 in Kansas City, had not been announced.
Haley will replace Bruce Arians, now with the Indianapolis Colts.
Haley, 45, fired by Kansas City on Dec. 13, went 19-26 in two-plus seasons with the Chiefs, leading them to the 2010 AFC West title.
He spent 10 seasons as an assistant before being hired by Kansas City. He was offensive coordinator for Arizona in 2007-08, helping lead the Cardinals to their only Super Bowl appearance.
McDaniels will be Pats’ OC: At Foxborough, Mass., New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick confirmed that Josh McDaniels will be the team’s offensive coordinator next season.
McDaniels was brought in during the playoffs to serve as an “offensive assistant.” He was widely seen as the heir to offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, who had been hired to replace Joe Paterno at Penn State.
But it wasn’t official until Belichick confirmed the move Monday, a day after the Patriots lost, 21-17, to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.
McDaniels was the Patriots’ offensive coordinator from 2006-08 until he left to become head coach of the Denver Broncos. He lasted just 28 games before he was fired with a 3-9 record in 2010. He was the offensive coordinator for the Rams this season.
Raiders hire Tarver to oversee defense: At Oakland, Calif., the Raiders didn’t look far to find a defensive coordinator.
The Raiders on Monday hired Stanford’s Jason Tarver, who helped shape one of the Pac-12’s top defenses while serving as co-defensive coordinator and overseeing the linebackers under rookie head coach David Shaw last season.
Tarver had spent the previous decade as a 49ers assistant, including the final six seasons (2005-10) coaching the outside linebackers. After the 49ers hired Jim Harbaugh, Tarver went back to the college ranks to team with co-defensive coordinator Derek Mason at Stanford.
Super Bowl sets TV record again: At New York, for the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched TV show in U.S. history.
The Nielsen Co. said Monday that an estimated 111.3 million people watched the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots on Sunday night. That narrowly beat the 111 million who watched Green Bay’s win over Pittsburgh last year.
NBC was blessed by a competitive game between two teams that played in one of the Super Bowl’s most memorable contests four years ago, with one of them representing the largest media market in the country.
