According to NFL Network reporter Cameron Wolfe, the Las Vegas Raiders have hired Steelers assistant defensive backs coach Gerald Alexander to be their new safeties coach.
Having been hired to the job full time, Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce is working quickly to build his staff. Alexander has been an assistant in Pittsburgh for the last two seasons and spent one season as the defensive backs coach with the Miami Dolphins.
A second-round pick of the Detroit Lions in 2007, Alexander spent five seasons in the NFL. This is the Steelers’ first official coaching loss of the offseason. Quarterbacks coach Mike Sullivan likely will be the next when he leaves for a job as an offensive coordinator.
Raiders are hiring Gerald Alexander as their safeties coach, per source.
Alexander spent the last 2 seasons as Steelers assistant defensive backs coach. He also ran Dolphins DB room from 2020-21 where he became a favorite for many players. Now, he aims to do it again in Vegas.
— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) January 24, 2024
