Former Steelers receiver Hines Ward, Super Bowl XL MVP, will continue his coaching career in a new location.
Ward will become the receivers coach at Arizona Stateaccording to Pete Thamel of ESPN.com.
Most recently, Ward served as coach of the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL. He was not retained following the merger of the XFL and USFL into the UFL.
Ward’s retirement began with a stint of broadcasting on NBC. He then worked for CNN.
In 2017, he joined the Steelers as a coach as an intern. He then spent two years as an offensive assistant with the Jets and a year as a receivers coach at Florida Atlantic before heading to the XFL.
Former Patriots receiver and Patriots assistant coach Troy Brown was also a candidate for work in the state of Arizona.
