Mike Tomlin stepped down as Pittsburgh Steelers head coach after the team’s 30-6 wild card loss to the Houston Texans. The loss marked the ninth consecutive season in which the Steelers did not win a playoff game. Tomlin didn’t hold a press conference after the fact.
The Super Bowl champion head coach was honored with the Patricia Rooney Community Impact Award, and made his first public comments since stepping down in January.
“Good evening,” Tomlin said slowly with a laugh, [via Alan Saunders of _Steelers Now_](https://x.com/ASaunders_PGH/status/2032252263763238952?s=20). “It’s often said that we’re not here for a long time, we’re here for a good time - like you have to choose. I think our experience in Pittsburgh and with the great Steelers organization exemplifies that we were here for a long _and_ a really good time. It’s been an honor to serve the greatest organization in sport. It’s been an honor to be part of this great community, to call it home, \[and\] for our kids to call it home. We’re in somewhat of a nomadic business, and so we don’t take that for granted that our kids get the opportunity to call Pittsburgh home.“
“It’s ben an honor to serve the community in which we live, its values that we hold, and it will continue. We appreciate the recognition, but as my wife said, we certainly don’t do it for that. We’ve been extremely blessed, man, to share those blessings. We thank you.”
Tomlin was the head coach of the Steelers for 19 seasons, putting up a record of 193-114-2. His 193 wins are tied with fellow Steelers head coach Chuck Noll for ninth all-time.
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