Mike Tomlin left the sidelines and headed for a panelist chair when he resigned from the Steelers last year and joined NBC’s “Football Night in America” as an analyst.
The longtime Steelers coach never had a losing season in 19 years with the team and will likely still get calls from teams looking for a new coach at the end of the season. But it seems Tomlin is content in his new role at the moment.
“I’ve been enjoying the challenge of the new work,” Tomlin said on an NBC conference call. “I’ve got a great team. Having a lot of fun with my coworkers. And it’s awesome to be as close to the game as I am and observe the game from a global perspective. I think when you’re coaching, you block out a lot of the peripheral things during the course of the NFL season. It’s been fun to really enjoy observing it from a football lover’s perspective. And so I’m thoroughly enjoying it. But it’s also fun to be challenged … I’ve just been hyper-focused on getting better each and every week in terms of delivering information and delivering it in an educational and entertaining way. So I’m having a lot of fun.
“Haven’t given one iota of thought about coaching. I’m sure that, you know, some of that’s going to come up in the not-too-distant future. But I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. Really haven’t thought a lot about it. Really excited about my new role and working to get better each and every week.”
Tomlin had a 193-114-2 record with the Steelers, including 13 playoff appearances and a win in Super Bowl 2009.
In his last few seasons in Pittsburgh, the team struggled to make deep playoff runs, losing six consecutive postseason games. In each of his final three seasons, the team finished 10-7 and lost in the wild-card round.
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