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Panthers Hire Former Steeler Duce Staley as Assistant Coach

A former Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers is onto a new coaching job in the NFL.

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PITTSBURGH -- Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Duce Staley is onto the next stop in his NFL coaching career. Staley is leaving his post as the Detroit Lions' assistant head coach and running backs coach to accept the same role with the Carolina Panthers and new head coach Frank Reich, according to Ari Meirov of The33rdTeam.com. This is the third stop of Staley's career as a coach. 

The Philadelphia Eagles initially selected Staley, a South Carolina product, in the third round of the 1997 Draft. He spent six seasons with the Eagles before he signed with the Steelers, his childhood favorite team, as a free agent in 2004. 

Staley rushed for 978 yards and two touchdowns in 16 games as a Steelers during the twilight of his career. He was a capable starter as Jerome Bettis' career wound down and Staley won a Super Bowl with Pittsburgh in 2004. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper. He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press. During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general. 

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