{"id":91338,"date":"2026-01-20T04:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91338\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T04:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:26:26","slug":"steelers-to-meet-with-vikings-defensive-coordinator-brian-flores-about-head-coaching-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91338\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers To Meet With Vikings Defensive Coordinator Brian Flores About Head Coaching Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been six days since Mike Tomlin <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/2026\/01\/13\/steelers-mike-tomlin-announces-he-is-stepping-down-as-head-coach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stepped down<\/a> as the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Steelers have been <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/2026\/01\/15\/steelers-request-hc-interview-highly-touted-panthers-coach-ejiro-evero\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">linked to<\/a> numerous big names for the vacancy, including Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero and former Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/2026\/01\/18\/steelers-reportedly-expected-to-speak-to-super-bowl-champion-head-coach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike McCarthy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/2026\/01\/13\/former-steelers-coach-brian-flores-floated-potential-mike-tomlin-replacement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a popular name<\/a> and it was reported on Monday that Pittsburgh would be meeting with the 44-year-old on Tuesday to discuss the gig.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteelers are scheduled to meet Tuesday with Vikings DC Brian Flores about their head coaching vacancy,\u201d ESPN senior NFL insider Adam Schefter posted on X.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steelers are scheduled to meet Tuesday with Vikings DC Brian Flores about their head coaching vacancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2013349425834266758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flores spent 15 years with the New England Patriots from 2004 to 2018 in various roles to begin his NFL coaching career and served as the Miami Dolphins head coach from 2019 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He was the Steelers linebackers coach and senior defensive assistant during the 2022 campaign before joining the Vikings ahead of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/2026\/01\/18\/steelers-reportedly-expected-to-speak-to-super-bowl-champion-head-coach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Reportedly Expected To Speak To Super Bowl Champion Head Coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been six days since Mike Tomlin stepped down as the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach. Since then, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[43160,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-91338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-brian-flores","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}