Steelers Interview Bobby April
January 11, 2010 by steelerguy26
Filed under Blitz Blog
Buried in a story about Omar Khan interviewing with the Seahawks are some interesting tidbits regarding the Steeler coaching staff.
First, recently unemployed Bills special teams guru and former Bill Cowher assistant Bobby April was interviewed by Mike Tomlin yesterday. April, a longtime NFL assistant, has usually been highly-regarded around the league. But for those of you unfamiliar with his work, a brief rundown from his bio:
April directed the Bills special teams to a number one ranking in the NFL in 2008 to mark the third time in the past five years as compiled by Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News and was named to the Coach of Year Award as voted on by his peers and initiated by Ray and Rob Pelfrey, the founders of Professional Kicking Services.
Also, news has broken that Rip Scherer Jr., a Pittsburgh native, cousin of Kevin Colbert, and quarterbacks coach of the Carolina Panthers could be a candidate for the same position with the Steelers that was vacated when Ken Anderson retired.
Scherer was the University of Memphis head coach from 1995-2000 and hired Tomlin for his second job as a graduate assistant coach in 1996. Scherer interviewed last week for the offensive coordinator position at the University of Virginia and would require permission from the Panthers to talk to the Steelers.
Scherer has more than 30 years of college coaching experience under his belt, including a stint at Penn State in 1974-75 as a grad assistant. He worked in Cleveland from 2005-2008 as the QB coach and later the assistant head coach under Romeo Crennel. During his time with the Browns, he tutored Trent Dilfer, Charlie Frye, Derek Anderson, and Brady Quinn. He assumed his position in Carolina in 2009 and worked with Jake Delhomme and Matt Moore while with the Panthers. In working with Ben Roethlisberger, this would essentially be like trading in a Schwinn bike for an Escalade based on his past experiences, so I’m confident that Scherer would have interest in the job.
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