Harold
Goodwin enters
his third season with the Steelers as the team’s offensive assistant.
In his
position, Goodwin helps coach the offensive line and assists the offensive
coaching staff with game preparation, video analysis and scouting of
opponents.
Goodwin,
35, spent the previous three seasons (2004-06) as the assistant offensive line
coach with the Chicago Bears. Prior to joining Chicago, Goodwin was the
offensive line coach at Central Michigan from 2000-03, where he worked with
future pros Eric Ghiaciuc and Adam Kieft. Goodwin also served as assistant head
coach in 2003. He began his coaching career at Eastern Michigan where he spent
the 1998 season overseeing tight ends and offensive tackles, and 1999 coaching
the team's offensive line. Future NFL lineman L.J. Shelton was a member of those
offensive lines.
A native ofColumbia, S.C., Goodwin was an offensive lineman at Michigan from 1992-94,
and spent the next two years as a student assistant with the Wolverines. He
served as a graduate assistant for Michigan when the Wolverines won the national
title in 1997 and worked with an offensive line which featured three future pros
in Steve Hutchinson, Jon Jansen and Jeff Backus.
Goodwin graduated
from Michigan in 1996 with a degree in management/communications. He and his
wife, Monica, have three children, Kylee, Miya and Bryson.
