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Omar Khan Confirms Someone Else In Pittsburgh’s Front Office Now Handles Contracts
Before he became Pittsburgh Steelers’ GM, Omar Khan was known by one label. The “cap guy.” And it’s true. Prior to replacing Kevin Colbert, Khan was in charge of the team’s salary cap and point man on all contract negotiations, a role he held from 2001 to 2022.
But now that he’s second person to ever officially hold the General Manager label, he has bigger things to think about. And with that comes delegation, including those cap responsibilities Khan used to be intimately involved in. So who’s replacing him? It’s up-and-comer Cole Marcoux and appearing on Pat McAfee Show’s Thursday, Khan confirmed Marcoux is handling his old duties.
Khan told McAfee the Steelers are working through signing their entire rookie class and name-dropped Marcoux.
“We’re getting there,” Khan told McAfee. “We’ve got Cole Marcoux who handles it for us. I think we’ve got three through seven done so far.”
And that’s true. The Steelers have signed the majority of their rookie class, deals easy to get down because of rookie slotting established by the CBA, and have inked TE Darnell Washington, LB Nick Herbig, CB Cory Trice Jr., and OL Spencer Anderson to their rookie year-deal deals. The only names left are first-rounder OT Broderick Jones and second rounders CB Joey Porter Jr. and NT Keeanu Benton.
Just as Khan was for a chunk of his Steelers’ career, Marcoux isn’t a household name. But if you’re a hardcore follower of the site (and if you are, thank you), you’ve heard his name before. Shortly after Khan was promoted to GM last summer, we wrote an article about the role Marcoux was expected to gain in the Steelers’ front office.
Marcoux was hired in 2020 to replace Samir Suleiman, poached away from former Steelers’ minority owner David Tepper when he bought the Carolina Panthers. Marcoux is only 31 years old but Khan got started in Pittsburgh at a similar age, dutifully handling his role for two decades before being named Colbert’s replacement. Though Khan probably gets involved when he has to, he seems to trust Marcoux well.
“I’ve got a good person handling it. So we’re in good shape there.”
For bigger and trickier deals, the more Khan is likely involved in the process. And his background handling contracts and cap is a real skill and advantage for upcoming deals, like Mitch Trubisky’s extension and Alex Highsmith’s potential one later this summer. And if there is any sticking point over these rookie deals, Porter at #32 could be a little hairy given the unusual 32nd overall/second round combination, Khan can step in and seal the deal.
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New safety measures could protect children from falling out of windows in Allegheny County
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – New safety measures could soon protect children from falling out of windows in Allegheny County. It’s one of many proposed safety improvements to the county’s housing regulations.
“It’s a good thing. We’re bringing our housing regs up to the 21st century,” said Patrick Catena, president of Allegheny County Council.
The county council will hear the proposal next week.
Fall prevention devices for the windows of housing in Allegheny County are just one of the safety regulations now up for consideration. And it’s just a coincidence about a week or so after two small children fell from a window.
It’s something Tyler Jefferson will never unsee as the father of those two children who fell.
“It’s tough. It’s tough that we messaged them, and they didn’t do anything until they fell out the window,” Jefferson said.
Quin and Elody fell out of their third-story apartment building’s window onto the concrete window well below and miraculously survived.
New proposed housing regulations in Allegheny County could mandate window fall prevention devices.
“Trying to help the health department for the health department to be able to help them, so I think it’s a good thing all around,” Catena said.
A copy of the new proposed regulations includes guards on stairs, landings, and balconies 30 inches above the floor below, deadbolts for all entrance doors, required lighting for stairways and hallways, stricter requirements for carbon monoxide detectors, and fall prevention devices installed in all windows more than 72 inches off the ground below.
“It’ll come before county council, and county council will obviously act on it, and I expect a positive recommendation from the county council for it to pass,” Catena said.
Housing advocate David Vatz sees a lot of good in it.
“Yeah. Pro-Housing Pittsburgh is broadly in favor of improved health and safety regulations to protect tenants,” Vatz said. “I think one of the things about Allegheny County and Pittsburgh in general is that we have some of the oldest housing stock in the country, and this can often result in substandard conditions for tenants.”
Vatz believes common-sense protections are needed, and calls on policymakers “to make it easier to build new housing in the county.”
“Since we have such old housing stock and don’t build a lot of new housing, there’s nothing that puts pressure on landlords to maintain their sub-standard units and provide the best quality to their tenants.”
These housing safety regulations will be discussed next week at the county council meeting, and if approved, they could go into effect as early as October of this year.
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Steelers, Saint Vincent College looking for training camp employees
LATROBE (KDKA) – The weather is getting warmer, the sun is shining a little longer, and that can only mean one thing – Steelers Training Camp is just a couple of months away.
Next week, a hiring event is set to take place at the Fred M. Rogers Center on Saint Vincent College’s campus from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on May 8 for those interested in working at Steelers Training Camp.
All of the positions are part-time and temporary.
Steelers Training Camp dates have not yet been solidified but it is expected to go from mid-July through August and shift times as well as responsibilities will be discussed during the interviews.
All applicants must be 18, complete a background check, and have reliable transportation to and from Saint Vincent College.
Once hired, employees will be required to work rain or shine and wear a uniform that includes a Steelers Training Camp shirt which will be provided, khakis or black pants, and flat closed-toe shoes.
For more information, potential employees can email this address.
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