Mike Tomlin
American football coach · United States · On the map · Born 1972 · age 54
Michael Pettaway Tomlin is an American former professional football coach. He is known for having served as the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 2007 to 2025.
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A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 405 days, one point a day.
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2009“More grounded, more humble, more selfless makes us more opportunistic.”In their words31 January 2009As quoted in "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, in USA Today“People aren't very good listeners, by nature … Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple.”In their words31 January 2009As quoted in "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, in USA Today“I'll tolerate you until I can replace you.”In their words31 January 2009As quoted in "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, in USA Today“There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do.”In their words27 January 2009As quoted in "Credo from Tomlin: Let's have fun" by Ed Bouchette, in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette2007“We don't live in our fears, we live in our hopes.”In their wordsFollowing the Steelers win over the Rams in 2007, quoted in "Steelers Notebook: Turf wars - Natural or artificial at Heinz Field?" by Gerry2006“I'm not concerned about avoiding anything that happened three years ago or worried about letdowns or things of that nature.”In their wordsReferring to the Steelers' poor start in 2006 following their Super Bowl win, as quoted in "Tomlin looks ahead" by Ed Bouchette, in The1972Born15 March 1972
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Tomlin in 2007
Tomlin in the victory parade after winning Super Bowl XLIII
Tomlin at training camp in 2009
Tomlin during training camp in 2016
Tomlin watching as Aaron Rodgers directs the Steelers offense in 2025
Tomlin with kicker Chris Boswell during a 2018 preseason game
The Steelers' Super Bowl XLIII ring, the sixth won in franchise historyAbout this person
During his 19 seasons as head coach, Tomlin never finished with a losing record, the longest streak in NFL history. At the time of his resignation, Tomlin was the longest-tenured head coach in the four major North American sports leagues.
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Born 1972 · age 54