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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 a five-year deal to become their next head coach. Unless things really go off the rails, McCarthy should surpass Tomlin and Noll on the all-time win list during his tenure with the Steelers.
McCarthy, who’s 62, was born and raised in the Greenfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Along with being the oldest head coach in franchise history, McCarthy is breaking another trend. He will be the team’s first head coach with an offensive background since Bill Austin, who coached from 1966-68, and the first Steelers head coach with previous NFL head coaching experience since Buddy Parker, who coached the Steelers from 1957-64.
According to former longtime ESPN reporter Ed Werder, one of the elements McCarthy provided the Tennessee Titans and Steelers when he interviewed with them were videos and graphics of his long history of coaching and developing quarterbacks beginning with Joe Montana with the Kansas City Chiefs under Marty Schottenheimer.
Of course, McCarthy is also credited with developing Aaron Rodgers during their time in Green Bay. He also coached Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre at the tail end of his career.
It appears the Steelers are looking at McCarthy as a quarterback whisper. The franchise is in desperate need of a young up-and-coming quarterback.
Werder said a Steelers source told him earlier in the week after McCarthy’s interview that, “He’s been very impressive.”
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: McCarthy Could Make NFL History with Steelers
