Josh Kattus, son of TE Eric, joins Bengals as undrafted free agent
Josh Kattus, son of Eric Kattus, signs with Bengals as undrafted free agent
Mike Tomlin has announced his retirement from coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers after 19 seasons and will join NBC Sports' Football Night in America. He shared insights about his decision during an interview with Maria Taylor.
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Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin will be joining the Football Night in America broadcast team for NBC Sports this fall, following his retirement from coaching in January, and on Sunday, he broke his silence about his decision to step away from the Steelers and coaching.
Tomlin, in his debut appearance on NBC, sat down with Maria Taylor during Sunday’s NBA Showtime pregame show to break the news publicly about him joining the broadcast crew and discuss his decision to step down after 19 seasons leading the Steelers. Taylor asked Tomlin if there was a “blink” moment that caused him to decide to leave coaching at this time.
“It’s probably not an overnight decision, but it’s probably not something that I could articulate or share with people,” he said. “There’s a loneliness with leadership. I just thought it was a good time for me personally, and by that, I just mean where I am in life. I thought it was a good time for the organization, to be quite honest with you. We didn’t have a lot of success in the playoffs in recent years and there’s just some veteran players there, man, guys like Cam Heyward and T.J. Watt and [Chris] Boswell, that I thought were worthy of the excitement and the optimism associated with new leadership.”
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Mike Tomlin cited personal reasons and the need for new leadership within the organization as key factors in his decision to retire.
After retiring, Mike Tomlin will join the NBC Sports broadcast team for Football Night in America.
Mike Tomlin coached the Pittsburgh Steelers for 19 seasons before his retirement.
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