For the first time since 2007, Mike Tomlin is not the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Tomlin announced his resignationfrom the Steelers on Tuesday, a day aftera playoff loss to the Houston Texans, marking the end of an era in Pittsburgh and for the NFL.
From a Super Bowl win to his unprecedented run without a losing record to his late-career struggles in the postseason, Mike Tomlin's legacy with the Steelers and the NFL is vast. Here's a look at some of the numbers that define Tomlin's time as Pittsburgh's head coach.
Times Tomlin posted a losing season in his 19 years as Steelers head coach. This standard of excellence stands above all else as Tomlin's legacy as he successfully stewarded one of the NFL's marquee franchises.
.400
Postseason win percentage for the Steelers under Tomlin in 20 playoff games. Tomlin's early career postseason success with Ben Roethlisberger accounted for five of his eight playoff wins as the Steelers made the Super Bowl twice and won it once in a span from 2007-10. The Steelers have won three times in 13 playoff games since.
.628
Regular-season winning percentage for the Steelers under Tomlin. For NFL coaches with at least five years of experience, that's the 24th best win rate of all time. Among coaches with 10-plus seasons on the job, Tomlin's win rate ranks 14th.
Regular-season game that Tomlin coached out of 309in which the Steelers were already eliminated from the playoffs. That was their 2012 season finale against the Browns. In every other season under Tomlin, the Steelers went into their season finale with a shot at making the postseason.
Super Bowl win for the Steelers under Tomlin in two appearances.
Head coaches since 1968 whom the Steelers have hired.Pittsburgh fired Bill Austinon Dec. 17, 1968 after three seasons produced an 11-28-3 record. Since then, Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and now Tomlin have left the job on their own terms, a rarity in the modern NFL or any era.
Consecutive double-digit playoff losses for the Steelers under Tomlin. The Steelers were always playoff contenders with Tomlin as head coach. But once they got to the postseason, they weren't competitive toward the end of his tenure.
Months before the launch of the iPhonewhen Tomlin joined the Steelers. Pittsburgh hired the then-Vikings defensive coordinator on Jan. 22, 2007. Steve Jobs hadintroduced the iPhoneto the public during a presentation two weeks earlier. But the first iPhone didn't hit the market until June 29 of that year.
Different quarterbacks to start in Pittsburgh since Roethlisberger retired after the 2021 season. The hardest path to a Super Bowl is the one that doesn't feature a franchise quarterback. Between Kenny Pickett, Mitchell Trubisky, Mason Rudolph, Russell Wilson, Justin Fields and a 42-year-old Aaron Rodgers, none of them resembled anything close to a franchise quarterback.
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Consecutive playoff losses for the Steelers under Tomlin. That's the longest streak by a Super Bowl-winning coach in NFL history.
AFC North titles for the Steelers in Tomlin's 19 seasons. That's more than any other team during Tomlin's tenure. The Ravens won six AFC North titles during Tomlin's watch, and the Bengals won five. The Browns haven't won a division title since the formation of the AFC North in 2002 and last won a division title in 1989 when it was the AFC Central. Three of Tomlin's AFC North titles came in his first four seasons.
Consecutive seasons that the Steelers didn't win a playoff game with Tomlin before his resignation on Tuesday. That's the third-longest such streak by a head coach with a single team in the Super Bowl Era. Former Bengals coach Marvin Lewis (16 seasons, 2003-18) and former Saints coach Jim Mora (11 seasons, 1986-96) had longer streaks.
Losses for Tomlin's Steelersin 13 games against Bill Belichickand the New England Patriots. Like most coaches of his era, Tomlin struggled in head-to-head matchups against Belichick. The most stinging loss of the series was a 36-17 defeat to the Patriots in the AFC championship game following the 2016 season.
Times in 18 seasons that Tomlin led the Steelers to the playoffs.
Seasons since Tomlin led the Steelers to their last Super Bowl appearance after the 2010 season. Pittsburgh lost to Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers that day, and the Steelers have made it past the divisional round of the playoff just once since — that AFC championship game loss to the Patriots.
Tomlin's age when he was the youngest coach in NFL history to win a Super Bowl. He was 36 years and 323 days old, to be precise, when the Steelers beat the Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII in 2009. Sean McVay has since claimed that crown when he led the the Los Angeles Rams to victory over Cincinnati Bengals in LVI at 36 years and 20 days old.
6,933
Days since Tomlin wasn't the head coach of the Steelers.
20,857
Days since the Steelers had a head coach who wasn't named Noll, Cowher or Tomlin. That was Austin on Dec. 17, 1968, the day they fired him.
100,000
Tomlin's fine, in dollars,for stepping in front of Ravens kick returner Jacoby Jonesnear the sideline during a Thanksgiving game in 2013. Tomlin didn't trip Jones, but he stuck his foot on the field of play in front of Jones, which appeared to force Jones to change his path, potentially preventing a touchdown.
Tomlin, who had his back to Jones during the kickoff return,said years later on a podcastthat the incident was not intentional and that he was disoriented from watching the return on the video board.
"I didn't realize I was in danger until I saw myself on the Jumbotron," Tomlin said. "I dodged Jacoby because I saw myself. I never saw him."
