Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin send furious reply to the media after contract question following playoff loss.
After his team’s playoff defeat on Monday, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin abruptly departed a postgame news conference midway through a question regarding his contract status.
After the Steelers’ 31-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills in the NFL’s Super Wild Card round, questions regarding Tomlin’s future were raised.
“Mike, you have a year left on your contract,” the reporter could be heard saying before the 51-year-old exited the podium, thereby closing the press conference.
Tomlin’s contract expires at the conclusion of the 2024 campaign.
With 17 seasons in Pittsburgh, after Bill Belichick left the New England Patriots earlier in January, Mike Tomlin holds the record for the longest head coach tenure in the National Football League.
Despite a plagued 2023 season that included injuries to the defense and quarterback troubles, the Steelers completed with a 10-7 record and kept Tomlin’s NFL record for the most straight winning seasons to begin a career with 17.
As the head coach of Pittsburgh, Tomlin has amassed a total record of 173-100-2, including two Super Bowl appearances, one Super Bowl win, and eleven postseason visits.
At the age of 34, Tomlin was only the third head coach Pittsburgh had brought on board since 1969 when he was hired in 2007.
In his second season as head coach, he defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII, making history as the youngest head coach to coach in and win a Super Bowl. Sean McVay eventually broke that record in Super Bowl LVI.
