The Steelers seemed destined for their first ever losing season under head coach Mike Tomin midway through the 2022 campaign, but the team rallied to a 9-8 finish. While that was not enough for them to make the postseason, it seems to have been sufficient to earn him another new deal. 
Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette notes that Tomlin, 50, is under contract through 2024. However, the Steelers have routinely extended him during offseasons when he had two years remaining on his existing pact, including most recently in April of 2021. That would make this spring the next expected date for a re-up, which would mark Tomlin’s seventh extension with the Steelers.
2022 saw Pittsburgh turn their offense over to first-round rookie Kenny Pickett, a move which involved growing pains and inconsistency on offense in general. The team’s performance on that side of the ball led to plenty of criticism for offensive coordinator Matt Canada, though he is expected to be retained for at least one more season. A return to health from edge rusher T.J. Watt helped spark another high-end defensive performance, though, which brought the team back into postseason contention.
That concluded Tomlin’s 16th season at the helm of the Steelers, a franchise which has had only three coaches since 1969. His recent tenure does not include the postseason success of his earlier years – Pittsburgh has not won a playoff game since 2016 – but he is still very highly regarded by the team’s front office. That includes president Art Rooney II, who spoke about Tomlin in a recent interview.
“I don’t really evaluate Mike on anything other than I’m glad he’s our coach,” Rooney said, via Dulac. “Hopefully he’ll be our coach into the future. He gives us a chance to win, year in and year out, and put us in a position where we have a chance to compete for a championship.”
While Rooney also cautioned that he did not want to “speculate” on Tomlin’s contractual status, his above remarks certainly point to another multi-year deal coming soon. Assuming that takes place, a two-year re-up would put Tomlin on track to coach in Pittsburgh for 20 seasons, only three shy of Chuck Noll‘s tenure with the franchise. Even without a new contract, he can safely be pegged for another campaign in 2023 as the team looks to build off of this year’s late-season turnaround.
As a Bears fan, swap first round picks for Tomlinson
Tomlin
No thanks, thanks for the top pick in the 2nd round, and enjoy the enigma that is Chase Claypool.
This isn’t really a question unless Tomlin wants to leave. He’s the coach as long as he want to be, and the Steelers prefer to keep things around his negotiations out of the media.
Tomlin has his detractors, and some of the criticism is warranted. The Steelers organization is seen by some as dinosaurs, and some of that criticism is warranted. All I know is that a lot of teams would practically kill for the stability and overall winning tradition that this team has.
Yes, it’s been too long since they won a Super Bowl, but on the other hand, I think most coaches would have seen their team fall apart after the 2-6 start last season. Players generally love playing for Tomlin and for the Steelers, and there are good reasons for that.
Even in a rebuilding year without Ben Tonkin had the team pull through and almost make the playoffs. It’s insane that the Steelers have only had 3 coaches since 1969! The Broncos basically had 3 in 2022.
I mean, it’s been too since A LOT of teams have won a SB. People thinks it’s always SB or bust, when in reality, if you put a very competitive team on the field every year, you’re doing a hell of a job. Now, do the underachieve at times? Yes. Play down to competition at times? Yes. Overall? GREST coach
The standard is the standard.
Dude won a HOF’er named Ben. Dude won with a guy named Duck who can’t even get an XFL job. Dude won with a rookie QB that many doubted.
The guy wins.
‘Year of the Duck” might have been his best coaching job (I’m the wrong person to ask, I missed much of that season due to hospitalization). Either that year or this past year. But people complain if he doesn’t win the Super Bowl every year… and that’s a good thing. It’s “the standard” he himself set and maintains.
the year they missed the playoffs?
Yes. That team should have won about 4 games at the most.
they literally had to trade for Minkah to save the season.. try to save the season.
And the team Minkah was traded from hadn’t won a game at the time of the transaction. What’s your point?
If that were so, we’d have won the last 6 Super Bowls. We never even got close. You can’t blame that all on the players.
My dude,
Your comments are so sane until it comes to Tomlin.
“If that were so, we’d have won the last 6 Super Bowls.”
This mindset, that if only Tomlin had done things better…they…
Would. Have. Won. The. Last. Six. Super. Bowls.
Because, other teams never win, the Steelers only lose.
The Patriots, Eagles, Rams, Bucs, Chiefs, etc.?
Just a bunch of bums who got lucky because Tomlin is such a dummy he just handed them Lombardis, evidently.
He’d be unemployed for about 10 minutes if the Steelers let him go.
And then he’d be some other team’s liability.
Oh, shut it….
Every Steeler fan that wants Mike T gone is a bozo.
Every one who wants him to stay isn’t a real Steelers fan. Real Steelers fans don’t accept a mediocre Steelers team, which is what we have now. Enjoy the Kool-aid.
So I’m assuming you wanted Cowher fired after 2000, when they missed the playoffs 3 years straight and finished below .500 twice?
That was a rather mediocre stretch…
That’s odd, I always thought that “Real Steeler fans” are knowledgeable enough to realize that they can’t win the SB every year, and also wise enough not to use trite and overused phrases like “enjoy the Kool-Aid”. I guess we’re all learning something, or at least most of us are.
You’re an idiot. Steelers were mediocre for decades. Only bandwagon cry babies are complaining about the last 15-20 years.
Exactly. “Real Steeler fans” would remember the first 40 years of “wandering through the NFL desert” before they whine.
I’ve always been impressed by Tomlin’s ability to manage players with oversized ego’s. Even with guy’s like Big Ben, Antonio Brown, L’Veon Bell and James Harrison, there was never a question of who was in charge.
When did he do that? After Big Ben crashed his motorcycle, after AB flew into camp on the helicopter, after Bell smoked the weed or after Harrison left the team? Tomlin never managed his players, which is why he had so many discipline problems over the years.
You’ve helped make my point. There were plenty of these types of distractions that could have disrupted the team yet Tomlin always managed to keep the focus on beating opponents (which the Steelers did consistently)
After what the Broncos traded for Payton, the Steelers should trade Tomlin to some starving team who doesn’t know any better for a package of number one picks.
And once they made those picks, I’ll bet you’d then complain that they took they wrong players and never draft right.
Your name suits you. Stay in Tx and out of Pittsburgh
They’d be stupid not to
Steelers fans don’t realize how good we have it. Is he perfect, absolutely not. But who is? You hear nothing but praise from players
The Steelers are a a third place team in their own division and will remain that way for the foreseeable future. You’re right he’s awesome. They should sign him forever. Clown.
Only clowns here are you and Madman. If losing a hall of fame QB, bringing in a rookie QB that made process throughout the season, nets a winning record, then hey, 3rd doesn’t same so bad. You should making some cash with that crystal ball you’re holding, since you know what’s gonna happen in the future. I wouldn’t change your day job though
Why to go 8-7