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Instead of being someone Pittsburgh Steelers fans will cheer on, Jesse Minter will be someone the black and gold fanbase detests.
Minter, now formerly the Los Angeles Chargers’ defensive coordinator, is taking over for the Baltimore Ravens, succeeding longtime leader John Harbaugh.
“Your next coach of the Baltimore Ravens,” the Ravens wrote Thursday evening on X. “We have agreed to terms with Jesse Minter to be our next head coach.”
“I am truly honored to serve as the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens,” Minter said in a statement posted by the team. “This is an organization where values, culture and tradition of excellence reflect everything I believe about the game of football and how it should be played. My family and I are thrilled to join the Ravens flock, and we can’t wait to make the fans, the great city of Baltimore and Maryland proud.”
Welcome to Baltimore, Coach Minter! pic.twitter.com/qwFekUZmF6
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) January 22, 2026
The Steelers had virtually interviewed Minter on Saturday. Minter had also spoken to the Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens, among other jobs that have already been filled.
Minter spent two campaigns as Michigan’s defensive coordinator under Jim Harbaugh from 2022-23, helping the Wolverines win a College Football Playoff national title during his second season there. He followed Jim Harbaugh to Los Angeles after that, and has been the Bolts’ defensive coordinator the last two go-rounds.
During their own coaching search, the Steelers have also interviewed Chris Shula, Nate Scheelhaase, Brian Flores, Anthony Weaver, Ejiro Evero and Klay Kubiak and Mike McCarthy. John Harbaugh, meanwhile, has taken over for the New York Giants.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Ravens Set to Hire Steelers Head Coach Candidate
