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The Pittsburgh Steelers ran an exhaustive search to figure out who would be replacing Mike Tomlin, who coached the team for 19 years and never posted a losing season. Tomlin stepped down from the position the day after the Steelers’ playoff loss to the Houston Texans.
In total, the Steelers ran 10 interviews, with three candidates who advanced into the in-person stage: former Green Bay Packers/Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver and Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores. On Saturday, the team announced that McCarthy, a Pittsburgh native, would be leading their team moving forward.
Hopefully, this works out better for the Steelers than the last time they made a big decision to grab a local product. In 2022, in need of a new quarterback, Pittsburgh drafted Pitt Panther quarterback Kenny Pickett, who used a lot of the Steelers’ facilities while playing at the college level, in the first round. At the time, Tomlin said, “We circled the globe, at least the United States here, the past several months, exploring and researching. It’s funny. We ended up with the guy from next door.”
McCarthy has a 174-112-2 record as a head coach in the NFL, going 125-77-2 with the Packers (where he won Super Bowl XLV over Pittsburgh) and 49-35 with the Cowboys. Over his last seven years as a head coach, his teams have gone 60-51-1 (54 percent win percentage) compared to 114-61-1 (65 percent) to start his head coaching career.
This move could also reunite McCarthy with Aaron Rodgers, the former Packers MVP quarterback who is currently in Pittsburgh but played on a one-year deal in 2025 after his stint with the New York Jets. It’s time to start up Rodgers watch again.
