Super Bowl-winning coach Mike McCarthy is coming home. The Pittsburgh native has agreed to terms with the Pittsburgh Steelers to become the franchise’s next head coach. McCarthy, 62, will replace Mike Tomlin, who held the position for 19 years before resigning after the team’s Wild Card loss to the Houston Texans.
McCarthy’s hiring marks a departure from the norm for the Steelers, who have traditionally hired first-time head coaches to the position. Each of the four prior Steelers head coaches, including Tomlin, Bill Cowher, Chuck Noll, and Bill Austin, had no prior head coaching experience before being appointed to the job.
