Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin informed the team on Tuesday afternoon that he was stepping down after 19 years leading the franchise. So what’s next?
That’s the big question on everyone’s minds at this point. Tomlin was one of the most successful coaches in the NFL over the last two decades. He has a Super Bowl title to his name and he never had a losing season in 19 years in Pittsburgh.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter opened up on what’s likely next. He offered a prediction, too.
“Look, we’ll hear from Mike Tomlin at some point in time,” Schefter said on SportsCenter on Tuesday. “But my sense is that he’s going to go into television. That there will be any number of opportunities that await him. Now he could decide to do TV, which is what Sean Payton did during the year that he was out. It keeps people involved in the game without having to work coach’s hours. Or he simply could just take the year off. That’s something that’s also entirely possible.”
One of the reasons Mike Tomlin has so many options is that he’s at a point in his career where he’s flexible enough to head anywhere. Schefter raised that point.