The Steelers’ head coach could move on after this season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are AFC North champions and are gearing up to host the Houston Texans in the wild card round of the playoffs. There has been speculation, as there has been for a handful of years now, on whether this could be the final year for Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh. And while the Week 18 win over the Baltimore Ravens was thought to silence those talks, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports that it’s still possible Tomlin could leave Pittsburgh at the end of this season.
“Mike Tomlin’s future has been hotly debated of late,” Fowler writes. “There is no firm evidence as of now that Tomlin would leave Pittsburgh after 19 seasons. He’s been fiercely loyal to Pittsburgh. But a source close to Tomlin believes stepping away is at least a possibility. Does he need a break? It’s a question that hasn’t quite gone away, though only Tomlin truly knows what he will do. The source believes Tomlin would be more intrigued by doing TV than returning to the coaching market, should he leave the Steelers. The source wonders what Tomlin has left to chase as an NFL coach. A separate source with ties to Tomlin is confident he will stay in Pittsburgh.”
Tomlin’s contract runs through 2026 with a team-option year for 2027. Should he come back for the 2026 season, it’s very possible that it would be his final run with the team.
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