{"id":2358,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2358","headline":"Dick Hoak, Steelers lifer for over 45 years, dies at 86","dek":"The former running back turned longtime assistant coach won five Super Bowl rings with Pittsburgh.","body":"The Pittsburgh Steelers announced the death of Dick Hoak at age 86. Hoak spent more than 45 years with the organization, first as a running back and later as an assistant coach, a tenure that spanned generations of Steelers football.\n\nAlong the way he collected five Super Bowl rings, a reflection of just how long he stuck around and how much winning football passed through his hands, whether he was carrying the ball or coaching the players who did.\n\nThe Steelers have not released further details beyond confirming his death. Hoak's decades of service made him one of the most familiar faces in the franchise's history, a steady presence through multiple eras of Pittsburgh football.","published_at":"2026-11-12T19:07:55.766058+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Longtime Steelers player, coach Dick Hoak dies at 86","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/longtime-steelers-player-coach-dick-154835460.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Longtime Steelers player, coach Dick Hoak dies at 86","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/longtime-steelers-player-coach-dick-hoak-dies-at-86"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Longtime Steelers running back, assistant coach Hoak dies at 86","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50461920/long-steelers-player-assistant-coach-dick-hoak-dies-86"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Steelers player, coach Dick Hoak dies at 86","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-steelers-player-coach-dick-165806580.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Steelers Coach Who Spanned Super Bowl Dynasties Dies at 86","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/steelers-coach-spanned-super-bowl-165555459.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dick Hoak, longtime Steelers running back and coach, dies at 86","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/dick-hoak-longtime-steelers-running-back-and-coach-dies-at-86-171845934.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Five-time Steelers Super Bowl champion Dick Hoak dies at 86","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/five-time-steelers-super-bowl-181705913.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Steelers RB, coach Dick Hoak dead at age 86","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-steelers-rb-coach-dick-202138054.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dick Hoak, who spent 45 years with the Steelers as a player and assistant coach, dies at 86","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dick-hoak-spent-45-years-144807096.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Dick Hoak, longest-tenured Steelers coach and 5-time Super Bowl champ, dies at 86","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7776635/2026/11/12/dick-hoak-steelers-coach-death/"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/af901e65a8543dffbb8cd3e867f1264dfa053e2bae4209e05e80b6789ca205c4/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fprofootballtalk.nbcsports.com%2F2df2213bb05c9d1ca2b1e5ee69367280.jpg","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}