Neal Coolong

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Neal Coolong is the editor of Behind The Steel Curtain on SB Nation. He began writing for Behind The Steel Curtain in 2008, including entries to the now-defunct Maple Street Press Steelers Preview magazine.

Coolong took over the reins at BTSC in 2012 from site founder Michael Bean.

A former resident of Pittsburgh, Coolong ended up in the Minneapolis area, attending high school there before attending college at North Dakota State University. While there, he served as the sports editor and eventually the editor-in-chief of the school's newspaper. He also interned and worked at The Forum in Fargo, N.D., the state's largest daily newspaper. He was a stringer for the Grand Forks Herald his senior year, covering NDSU sports.

After college, he worked for two years at different daily papers in Iowa before leaving the grind of the industry.

Coolong appears on ESPN Radio FM 92.3 in Selinsgrove, Pa., each Monday during the regular season. He also makes frequent appearances on Trib Live Radio with Dan Dudley.