Steelers Burning Question: Ranking Steelers Offensive Coordinators

Last season I did the Friday Night Steelers Six Pack and wondered if it was worth doing further. After all, interaction was not great, and sometimes you just have to adjust. So I decided to call an audible, and not just abandon the Friday night meeting of the black-and-gold minds.

Instead of six questions, I wanted to focus solely on one question.

We’ll still do the preamble of what you’re eating/drinking/listening to, but we’ll focus our attention on the one Steelers question of the week. Don’t worry, most weeks I’ll do a bonus/extra credit question for fun. With all that out of the way, let’s get to the question!

How would you rank the Steelers Offensive Coordinators?

I was shocked to see the Steelers have only employed an OC since 1983. But here is what I want from you, the community. Who are your Top 5 Offensive Coordinators? I feel as if we have to throw out Arthur Smith with only one year of experience at the helm. So, who is your Top 5, in order? (HINT: This might come up in an article series on SCN soon…)

Here are the coordinators in team history:

If I had to pick my Top 5, I’d go with the following:

1 – Ken Whisenhunt

2 – Todd Haley

3 – Bruce Arians

4 – Mike Mularkey

5 – Chan Gailey

This was tough for me on a lot of fronts. I did use winning percentage as a measuring stick, but it wasn’t the sole basis of my decision. The Steelers haven’t had an incredible list of play callers in team history, with some forgettable names throughout the list.

Nonetheless, I went with Whisenhunt as the top because he had the winning percentage, won a Super Bowl, and turned his job into a head coaching gig with the Arizona Cardinals. Haley had the most talent by far, and Arians almost got Ben Roethlisberger killed on his way to a Super Bowl. I did think Mularkey did a good job, both he and Whisenhunt were very creative play callers, and Chan Gailey was better than most might remember since he only did the job two seasons before becoming the Dallas Cowboys head coach in 1998.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments section below!

As for what I’m eating, it’s homemade pizza and salad. As for drink, it’s always store bought kombucha, as usual, and the tunes will be whatever my family wants to hear!

Happy Friday everyone!!