The Pittsburgh Steelers have fired senior special teams coach Derius Swinton II for violating club policy, ESPN reported Friday.
The 2026 season was to be Swinton’s 16th in the NFL and his first with Pittsburgh.
He was hired this offseason and was slated to work under veteran special teams coordinator Danny Crossman. He spent the last three seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders and was the team’s interim special teams director in 2025 after Tom McMahon was fired in Week 10.
Swinton began his NFL coaching career in 2009 with the St. Louis Rams and has made stops with the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos, Chicago Bears (two stints), San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Chargers during his 16 years in the league. He was the 49ers’ special teams coordinator in 2016 and the Chargers’ special teams coordinator in 2021.