Patrick Graham

Defensive Coordinator, Pittsburgh Steelers (PIT).

Quick Facts

• Role: Defensive Coordinator
• Team: Pittsburgh Steelers (PIT)
• NFL experience: 17 years
• Reports to: Mike McCarthy (Head Coach)
• Coaching tree: see Coaching Trees

Background

Patrick Graham spent the last four seasons as the Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator, his 17th year coaching in the NFL. During his NFL coaching career, Graham has held a variety of defensive roles with the New England Patriots (2009-15), New York Giants (2016-17, 2020-21), Green Bay Packers (2018), Miami Dolphins (2019) and Raiders (2022-25). He has been a defensive coordinator each of the last seven years, including also holding the title of assistant head coach with the Giants from 2020-21.

Scheme & Fantasy Angle

Graham takes over as defensive coordinator after seven straight years calling defenses, and the unit he builds shapes the Steelers' team defense/special-teams (DST) fantasy outlook.