Klay Kubiak became the latest candidate to be out of the running to replace Mike Tomlin with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But not because he landed another head coaching job elsewhere.
The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported the San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator “has removed himself from consideration” for all head coaching vacancies. Instead, he will continue to serve as the 49ers OC under head coach Kyle Shanahan.
The Steelers were one of two teams still with head coach openings who requested to interview Kubiak. The other team was the Las Vegas Raiders.
Kubiak was one of seven candidates the Steelers interviewed virtually during the second full week of January. Of those seven candidates, three of them have either landed head coaching jobs or elected to return to their current positions.
The Steelers have one of five head coach openings remaining in the league this offseason. Five other teams have already hired new head coaches this month.
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