Monday, February 2
3:30 p.m.
The Steelers continued to add to their coaching staff, as they named James Campen offensive line coach, Jahri Evans assistant offensive line coach, Ramon Chinyoung Sr. running backs coach, Adam Henry receivers coach and Tom Arth will remain as quarterbacks coach.
Campen brings a wealth of experience with him, including playing, coaching and scouting in the NFL.
Campen most recently was with the Green Bay Packers as a scouting consultant.
Prior to his time in that role, he spent two seasons (2022-23) with the Carolina Panthers as the team's offensive line coach.
Campen spent the 2021 season with the Houston Texans and the 2020 season with the Los Angeles Chargers as the offensive line coach. He also spent the 2019 season as the associate head coach/offensive line coach with the Cleveland Browns.
Campen spent 15 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, starting as an assistant offensive line coach/quality control coach in 2004-05, and assistant offensive line coach in 2006. He was promoted to offensive line coach in 2007 and then added the title of run game coordinator in 2018. He worked with Coach Mike McCarthy during his time with the Packers.
Under Campen, the Packers had seven Pro Bowl offensive linemen.
Campen played eight seasons in the NFL, three with the New Orleans Saints (1986-88) and five with the Packers (1989-93).
Evans spent the last three seasons with the New Orleans Saints, including the 2025 season as the team's assistant offensive line coach.
Prior to his most recent role, Evans was an offensive assistant with the Saints in 2023-24. He also worked as a training camp intern for the team in 2022.
Evans was drafted by the Saints in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft, the 108th overall selection.
He spent 11 seasons with the Saints, finishing out his NFL playing career with the Green Bay Packers in 2017 under McCarthy. He started a total of 183 career games, 169 with the Saints, as well as 10 Saints postseason games.
Evans was a six-time Pro Bowl selection, five-time Associated Press All-Pro selection and was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2010's All-Decade Team.
During his time with the Saints, the team finished in the top 10 in total offense in all 11 seasons. The Saints gave up only 196 sacks during that time frame, the lowest in the NFC and second lowest in the NFL.
Evans was selected to the Saints Hall of Fame in 2020, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2022, and the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame and Saints Ring of Honor in 2024. He was also a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2023 and a finalist for the Class of 2024 and Class of 2025.
Evans played college football at Bloomsburg, where he was a finalist for the Division II Gene Upshaw Offensive Player of the Year Award in 2004 and 2005.
Chinyoung just finished his third season with the Dallas Cowboys, and his first as an assistant offensive line coach. He spent the previous two seasons as an assistant offensive line/quality control coach.
The Cowboys finished the 2025 season ranked second in total offense, with the pass game ranked second and the run game ranked ninth. The Cowboys were ranked second in first downs per game, fourth in total yards per play, and sixth in sacks per pass play.
In 2024, Chinyoung assisted the offensive line to help the offense average 327.5 yards-per-game and 100.3 rushing yards-per-game.
In his first season with the Cowboys, Chinyoung worked with offensive lineman Zack Martin, who was named first-team Associated Press All-Pro, and Tyler Smith, who earned second-team Associated Press All-Pro honors. Both players were also voted to the Pro Bowl.
He broke into the NFL as an offensive quality control coach for the Denver Broncos.
Prior to the NFL, Chinyoung spent time coaching in the high school ranks. He was the head coach/campus coordinator at Fort Bend Willowridge High School in Houston, Texas from 2020-21. He also spent eight seasons (2012-19) at Westfield High School in Houston as the assistant offensive line coach (2012-15), before being promoted to assistant head coach/offensive line. (2016-19).
He attended South University where he was named first-team All-SWAC twice and a first-team All-Louisiana selection in 2009.
Henry spent the last three seasons (2023-25) as the receivers coach for the Buffalo Bills.
The Bills' offense finished second in the AFC, fourth overall in the NFL, in 2025, and seventh in the AFC in the passing game. The Bills were second in net passing yards per game in the AFC.
Henry worked with receivers Brandin Cooks, Gabe Davis, Stephon Diggs and Khalil Shakir, while with the Bills. Under Henry, Davis had a career-high seven touchdown receptions in 2023, and averaged 16.6 yards per reception.
In 2022, Henry spent one season at Indiana University, where he was the co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.
Henry spent two seasons as the receivers coach for the Dallas Cowboys (2020-21). In 2021, he helped CeeDee Lamb earn his first Pro Bowl selection when he finished the season with 79 receptions for 1,102 yards and six touchdowns. He also helped guide Lamb in 2020 establish a rookie Cowboys' record with 74 receptions, the previous one held by Bob Hayes at 46.
Henry spent two seasons as the receivers coach for the Cleveland Browns (2018-19), and in his second year both Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. both had more than 1,000 yards receiving, the first time in franchise history the team had a pair of 1,000-yard receivers.
He also spent time as the receivers coach for the New York Giants (2016-17) and San Francisco 49ers (2015). Henry was the passing game coordinator and receivers coach at LSU from 2012-14.
He broke into the NFL with the Las Vegas Raiders, as an offensive quality control (2007-08) and tight ends coach (2009-11).
He began his coaching career at McNeese State, starting as the receivers coach (1997-2005) and then offensive coordinator/assistant head coach (2006).
He played college football at McNeese State, and signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 1994.
Arth joined the Steelers in 2024, spending the last two seasons in his current role of quarterbacks coach.
In 2025, Arth worked with quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Mason Rudolph, while helping develop rookie Will Howard, although he didn't see any playing time due to a training camp injury.
The offense averaged 202.4 passing yards per game, with 26 touchdown passes and nine interceptions.
In 2024 he worked with the starting combination of Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. The Steelers averaged 192.0 passing yards per game, while having 21 touchdowns and just six interceptions.
Prior to joining the Steelers, Arth spent two seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers where he was the team's passing game specialist. During his time with the Chargers, he was part of a staff that helped the offense rank fifth in passing offense and eleventh in total offense during his tenure. He also helped quarterback Justin Herbert continue to set NFL records.
Arth also spent nine seasons coaching in the college ranks, including three as the head coach at the University of Akron (2019-21). He also was the head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2017-18) and his alma mater, John Carroll, for four seasons (2013-16).
Arth's time in the NFL began when he was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He spent three seasons with the Colts (2003-05).
Monday, February 2
2 p.m.
The Steelers named Jason Simmons defensive pass game coordinator/defensive backs, Scott McCurley inside linebackers coach and Steve Scarnecchia chief of staff on Monday.
Simmons, who played for the Steelers, spent the last two seasons as the defensive pass game coordinator for the Washington Commanders and is entering his 16th season in the NFL. While with the Commanders, the pass defense was ranked third in the NFL in 2024, allowing 189.5 yards per game. Their opponents completed only 61.9% of their passes, ranking fourth in the NFL.
Prior to his time in Washington, Simmons was the defensive backs/pass game coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders for two seasons (2022-23). His unit was responsible for three of the Raiders' five defensive touchdowns in 2023.
Simmons was the pass game coordinator/secondary coach for the Carolina Panthers from 2020-21. Under his guidance, safety Jeremy Chinn was named to the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie team in 2020, leading all rookies with 116 tackles, while also winning Defensive Rookie of the Month honors twice.
He got his start in coaching in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers under Coach Mike McCarthy, spending nine seasons with the team.
He spent four seasons as a coaching administrator (2011-14), before being the assistant special teams coach for three seasons (2015-17). Simmons was the secondary coach in 2018, and the defensive backs coach in 2019.
Simmons was drafted by the Steelers in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He spent four seasons with the Steelers, before signing with the Houston Texans in 2002, where he spent six seasons.
Simmons appeared in 212 games in his career, recorded 186 tackles, 10 passes defensed, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, two sacks and two interceptions.
McCurley, who is a Western Pennsylvania native, joined the Steelers in 2025 and is entering his 20th season in the NFL. In his first season in Pittsburgh, McCurley helped linebackers Patrick Queen (120) and Payton Wilson (109) lead the team in tackles.
McCurley spent five seasons (2020-24) as the linebackers coach for the Dallas Cowboys and a total of 19 years in the NFL, 16 in a coaching role.
McCurley oversaw the Cowboys linebackers who recorded 22 of the team's 52 sacks in 2024, while Micah Parsons recorded a team-high 12 sacks for the season, becoming the first player since Reggie White in 1982 to record at least 12 sacks in their first four seasons. Parsons went on to be named to his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl Games in 2024. Cowboys linebacker Eric Kendricks led the team with a career-high 145 tackles, including three tackles for a loss, three sacks and a team-high three forced fumbles, despite missing two games injured.
Injuries caused some shuffling at the linebacker position for the Cowboys in 2023, but the unit responded. Second-year linebacker Damone Clark moved to middle linebacker and led the team with a career-high 115 tackles, including four tackles for a loss. Markquese Bell moved from safety to linebacker and finished second on the team with 103 tackles.
The Cowboys defense was ranked third in rushing touchdowns allowed in 2022 with nine, and ninth in opponent negative rushing play percentage (9.8%). Leighton Vander Esch started 14 games, finishing second on the defense with 100 tackles, while Anthony Barr had 61 tackles. Rookie Damone Clark also stepped up under McCurley's guidance, and after missing the first seven games of the season injured, he recorded 50 tackles and two forced fumbles.
In 2021, first-round pick Micah Parsons set a Cowboys' rookie record with 13 sacks, tied for third-most in NFL history, and was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Vander Esch and fellow linebacker Keanu Neal also had strong seasons and were second and third respectively on the team in tackles.
McCurley first broke into the NFL with the Green Bay Packers with Coach Mike McCarthy where he spent 13 seasons in multiple roles. He started off in coaching administration (2006-08) before spending five seasons as a defensive quality control coach (2009-13). McCurley was the team's assistant linebackers coach from 2014-17 and in 2018 was a defensive assistant.,
McCurley, who was born in New Castle, Pa. and attended Mohawk Area High School, joined the University of Pittsburgh football team as a walk-on linebacker and went on to earn a scholarship after his red-shirt season. He was a four-year letterwinner (1999-2002) and graduated in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in movement science with a coaching minor. He spent three years as a graduate assistant at Pitt, before breaking into the NFL ranks.
Scarnecchia is entering his 17th season in the NFL, his sixth in the role of chief of staff. He spent the last two seasons (2024-25) as chief of staff for the Atlanta Falcons, and the previous three seasons (2121-23) in the same role with the New York Jets. He also was the assistant to the head coach with the Falcons from 2015-20.
In his roles in Atlanta and New York, he was responsible for coordinating the team's daily meetings and practice schedules and the overall football activities calendar. In addition, he established the budget for football operations and scheduling practices and organized team and staff events and provided administrative assistance to the coaching and operations staff.
