Steelers OC Arthur Smith: Only thing that matters is my current job

Story byJosh AlperFri, January 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC·1 min readSteelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith spent a long time coaching in Tennessee, but he said on Thursday that he's not spending any time pondering the prospect of returning there in 2026. The Titans have requested permission to interview Smith for their head coaching vacancy. Smith was a Titans assistant under multiple coaches from 2011-2020 and used a two-year run as the team's offensive coordinator as a stepping stone to the head coaching job in Atlanta. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSmith insists that the prospect of a second chance to run a team during a return to Nashville is not something that he's spending any time thinking about with the Steelers set to host the Texans on Monday night.“That’s not something I’m going to focus on because the only thing that matters is my current job,” Smith said, via Teresa M. Walker of the Associated Press.