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When Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin stepped down earlier this week, he did not give a specific reason for his departure in his statement, and has not had a public interview since the announcement. On Wednesday, Steelers president Art Rooney II said that Tomlin’s departure was more about family than football.
“I think that, in my mind and the discussion we had, it was probably more of a family-related decision than a football-related decision,” Rooney said.
On Friday, his family spoke. Kiya Tomlin, the wife of the former Steelers head coach, made an announcement through her fashion company. In addition to her self-branded work, Kiya Tomlin also produced Coach T branded apparel licensed through the NFL that used many of Mike Tomlin’s most famous sayings and slogans.
“𝘈𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘴𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴– 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵– 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦.
“𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳: 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 30 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰– 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧.”
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘛 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥– 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘛 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥.”
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Mike Tomlin’s Wife Makes Statement on His Resignation: ‘Incredibly Proud of What He Has Accomplished’
