The New Orleans Saints continued to fill out their coaching staff Monday, as they are expected to hire veteran defensive assistant Grady Brown, a source confirmed.
The Saints also are expected to hire Jay Rodgers and Robert Blanton.
CBS Sports was first to report the hires.
Brown spent the past four seasons as the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive backs coach and interviewed this offseason to be the defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons.
Under Brown, the Steelers were third in the NFL with 17 interceptions this past season and tied for the league lead with 20 picks in 2022.
The Steelers announced earlier this month that they weren’t renewing Brown’s contract.
Most of Brown’s coaching career has been spent in the college ranks, with the final year coming in Louisiana as the McNeese State defensive coordinator in 2020. Before that, he was defensive backs coach at South Carolina from 2012-15 under head coach Steve Spurrier.
Rodgers most recently served as the Falcons defensive line coach. He also coached the D-line and was the run game coordinator from 2021-23 under Brandon Staley, the Saints new defensive coordinator, with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Like both Staley and Saints head coach Kellen Moore, Rodgers is a former quarterback. He played quarterback for Indiana from 1996-98.
Blanton comes to New Orleans from Miami (Ohio), where he was the defensive pass game coordinator and safeties coach. He played safety at Notre Dame and with the Minnesota Vikings.
Blanton is the latest defensive assistant the Saints have hired from the college ranks, joining Bo Davis from LSU, Terry Joseph from Texas and Peter Sirmon from Cal.
