Mike Tomlin will be back on the sidelines for the first time at a Pittsburgh Steelers game since he stepped down as the franchise’s head coach in January. The longtime Steelers head coach has been serving as an analyst for NBC’s “Football Night in America” this season. With the second half of the season starting, people are already antsy to know if Tomlin has any desire to return to coaching.
In an NBC Sports conference callahead of the Steelers showdown against the Bengals this weekend, the former
Steelers head coach gave us a glimpse into his potential coaching future.
“Haven’t given one iota of thought about coaching,” Tomlin said. I’m sure that’ll come up in the not so distant future, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.”
This quote from Tomlin is actually quite revealing. Of course, he would say that he hasn’t thought about coaching at all. However, it’s hard to believe that. Especially since Cam Heyward revealed that Tomlin has been texting him and coaching him from afar on his podcast this week.
The second sentence of the quote is the juicy part here. Tomlin is aware that he will most likely have some interest at the end of the season to return to coaching. Although the longtime Steelers coach isn’t willing to admit he thinks about coaching, he is well aware that he will have a decision to make about his coaching future in the coming months.
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