Report: Omar Khan to Be Named Steelers General Manager, Replacing Kevin Colbert

Kevin Colbert retired from his position as the football operations manager of the PittsburghSteelers in 2000 and is expected to be replaced by Omar Khan.

The news was reported on Tuesday by Adam Schefter.

According to Aditi Kinkhabwala of CBS Sports Network and 93.7 The Fan, the Philadelphia Eagles vice president of player personnel is expected to be hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers as their assistant GM.

Khan will be the fifth football operations leader in franchise history.

The team has only had three coaches since 1969 and there has always been little turnover in leadership positions.

As the team looks for its seventh Super Bowl title, the team hopes Khan continues the tradition of stability and excellence in Pittsburgh.

With the retirement of Ben Roethlisberger, the team is now searching for a long-term quarterback.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have two options on their roster, one of which was signed in the off-season inMitch Trubisky.

The bad news is that the signal-callers are surrounded by talent.

T.J. Watt is the best defensive player in the game, with a 22.5-sack season.

Running back Najee Harris led the team with 1,667 yards from scrimmage and 10 touchdown, while wideout Diontae Johnson caught 107 passes. Chase Claypool is a big target, and Pat Freiermuth showed promise in his first year. The rookies are joined by skill-position players.

The PittsburghSteelers snuck into the playoffs as the 7th seed after a 9-7-1 season. They were defeated by the Kansas City Chiefs in the wild-card round.

There is talent to work with for Khan, who has been with the organization since 2001. He has worked as the vice president of football and business administration.

The 44-year-old served in the New Orleans Saints football operations department from 1997 to 2001. He was the director of football administration at the time.

He was a candidate for the Houston Texans GM job in 2020, but the owner chose to go with Nick Caserio.

After two decades of hard work, Khan will get his first GM opportunity with Pittsburgh.

His football career is coming full circle. He started in the league in 1998 as a player personnel assistant and stayed there for two years. After three years as a national combine scout for the New Orleans Saints, Weidl became a Northeast area scout for two.

From 2005-15, he worked for the Baltimore Ravens. He moved from the West area scout to the Northeast area scout.

In 2016 he went to Philadelphia. He was the assistant director of player personnel when the team won a Super Bowl. The VP of player personnel was promoted to president of player personnel in 2019.