Mike McCarthy\u2019s got the band back together. Like an Adam Sandler movie, all of McCarthy\u2019s well-known assistants are with him in Pittsburgh. A Steelers\u2019 coaching staff that looks similar to what McCarthy assembled in Green Bay, McCarthy is as excited as anyone to hire the names he\u2019s worked with in the past.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh definitely. We\u2019re loving it,\u201d McCarthy said of his coaching staff during a Friday radio appearance on ESPN\u2019s Wilde and Tausch.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s just like anything. These friends for life that I was able to bring aboard. It means the world to me. Just for them to hear all the old stories, and now to see actually where it happened has been funny.\u201d<\/p>\n Pittsburgh\u2019s new-look staff bears a striking resemblance to McCarthy\u2019s crew in Green Bay and Dallas. He\u2019s hired 10 of his 20 on-field assistant coaches<\/a> before: Brian Angelichio, Ramon Chinyoung, Adam Henry, James Campen, Frank Cignetti Jr., Patrick Graham, Domata Peko, Scott McCurley, Joe Whitt Jr. and Jason Simmons. He coached three others: Tom Arth and Jahri Evans in Green Bay, Danny Crossman while at Pitt. And Eric Simonelli was already on-staff and retained by McCarthy in Dallas, creating another tie-in.<\/p>\n In total, only a handful of names don\u2019t have any clear links to McCarthy\u2019s past. McCarthy thinks their teaching is just as value as their character.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re not only great people, they\u2019re great coaches,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s exciting to build something new, but still have the lessons that we learned. Particularly in our time in Green Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n