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The Steelers are anticipated to advertise quarterback coach Matt Canada to offensive coordinator, in line with a report by Ian Rapoport of NFL Community.

Randy Fichtner, who had held the job since 2018, was not retained as the team’s offensive coordinator the team announced, the team announced on Thursday.

The #Steelers are anticipated to advertise QB coach Matt Canada to offensive coordinator, sources inform me and @TomPelissero. A inventive thoughts initially from the school recreation, Canada additionally interviewed with the #Dolphins however now stays in Pittsburgh.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 16, 2021

Canada, 48, spent his first season within the NFL with the Steelers in 2020 as quarterbacks coach. He had also been a candidate to become offensive coordinator at Miami.

A local of New Palestine, Indiana, Canada has been a coordinator at a number of cease on the collegiate stage. He was most not too long ago Maryland’s offensive coordinator and interim head coach in 2018, guiding the Terrapins to 5-7 file after the firing of D.J. Durkin following the demise of a participant in an offseason exercise.

Earlier than that, Canada was a coordinator at LSU, Pitt, NC State, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Indiana and Butler.

At Pitt in 2016, Canada was a finalist for the Broyles Award because the nation’s prime assistant coach after main the Panthers to a program file in factors scored. He coached NFL quarterbacks Jacoby Brissett at NC State and Nate Peterman at Pitt. Steelers operating backs James Conner (Pitt), Anthony McFarland (Maryland) and Jaylen Samuels (NC State) all performed underneath Canada.

Canada is the sixth offensive coordinator employed by the Steelers within the final 20 years and all however certainly one of them have been inside promotions.

The Steelers might want to exchange Canada as quarterbacks coach, in addition to tight ends coach James Daniel, who retired, and offensive line coach Shaun Sarrett, who was not retained, on the offensive staff.