The Pittsburgh Steelers have hired Mike McCarthy as their next head coach, breaking a longstanding tradition by brining in a coach that not only has previous NFL head coaching experience, but extensively so.

McCarthy has coached in 288 career games. The previous 16 Steelers head coaches had 174 combined games of NFL experience before they were hired in Pittsburgh.

That means that, when it comes to filling out his coaching staff, McCarthy will have an extensive Rolodex of former assistants that he can call up. (As a 62-year-old, McCarthy might have an actual Rolodex).

Just looking at potential offensive and...

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No matter who signs where, there is always someone saying “Steelers missed out on…” in this year’s coaching carousel, but then again I’m sure whoever we sign (editor’s note: Mike McCarthy) will immediately have some internet rando calling for him to be fired. In my experience, hiring is always a crap shoot, but the Steelers last 3 darts hit a bullseye (Lombardi). All I really want is to raise #7 with the next guy.

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Now-former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith will be coaching next fall — just not in the professional ranks. He’ll be joining Ryan Day’s Ohio State Buckeyes as their new offensive coordinator after Brian Hartline took over as USF’s head coach in December.

“Sources: #Steelers OC Arthur Smith is expected to become the next offensive coordinator at Ohio State,” NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport wrote Saturday night on X. “Smith has received multiple requests for NFL HC and OC interviews this cycle. Smith has engineered multiple top 10 offenses in the NFL, and now he lands in college.”

Smith, 43,...

Arthur Smith is set to become the Ohio State Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Smith is departing the Pittsburgh Steelers on the same day Mike McCarthy agreed to a deal to become the franchise’s next head coach. Smith interviewed and failed to get multiple jobs across the NFL this month. Now, he […]

New Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy comes from a background of developing quarterbacks. That was a big reason why the Steelers hired the 62-year-old Greenfield native. They’re hoping he can develop the Steelers’ next franchise quarterback.

It’s uncertain who will be the next young up-and-coming quarterback in Pittsburgh, but he could already be on the roster.

According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, McCarthy is very intrigued by second-year quarterback Will Howard.

“They do have other options on the roster. Mason Rudolph is still under contract. Will Howard, a late-round draft pick last year of Ohio State that they...

Those who work in the NFL feel the same way Pittsburgh Steelers fans do about the Mike McCarthy hire. He’s not the guy who is going to provide much excitement to a franchise that could use some. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler got quick reaction around the league reacting to the news that Pittsburgh is signing McCarthy […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers made the least sexy head coach hire possible in Mike McCarthy. The obvious question is why? Quarterback development is at least part of the answer, and it was central to his pitch to the team during his in-person interview. “One of the elements Mike McCarthy provided the Titans and Steelers when he […]

Season 16, Episode 84 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Saturday afternoon emergency podcast, Alex Kozora and I get right into discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers deciding on Saturday that Mike McCarthy will be the team’s new head coach. Alex and I provide our initial reactions to McCarthy being the Steelers’ […]

Welcome back to the latest episode of The Terrible Take. Think of it as a super-mini version of The Terrible Podcast. A short, 1-3 minute episode seven days a week, every weekday at 5 PM/EST, with Alex Kozora, Dave Bryan, Josh Carney, Ross McCorkle, Melanie Friedlander, and Joe Clark telling you what’s on our minds. […]

New Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy needs 20 wins to pass Mike Tomlin and Chuck Noll for ninth place in NFL history in all-time coaching victories. Tomlin tied Noll for the franchise record with 193 wins after the Steelers’ Week 18 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.

McCarthy has a 174-112-2 career regular season record, a 608 winning percentage. He was the head coach in Green Bay from 2006-2018 and was the Dallas Cowboys’ head coach from 2020-2024. Since 2017, McCarthy has one playoff win.

According to Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Steelers are agreeing with McCarthy on...

It will likely take several years to reach a definitive conclusion on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ hiring of Mike McCarthy as their next head coach, but the immediate reaction is mixed. ESPN’s Ben Solak gave the hiring a C grade based on what ultimately plagued McCarthy when he coached the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys. […]

FRISCO, Texas — We are off and running here for the 101st edition of the East-West Shrine Bowl, which is held at The Star and the Ford Center, home of the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility. This year, Josh Carney, Dr. Melanie Friedlander, and I are in Texas to cover the Shrine Bowl for Steelers Depot, […]