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Head coach Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers
After a disappointing end to the 2025 NFL season, with the Pittsburgh Steelers flaming out in the playoffs against the Houston Texans‘ stout defense, legendary head coach Mike Tomlin, who spent 19 seasons with the storied franchise, decided to step down.
Although there had been a lot of speculation about Tomlin’s future with the Steelers for quite some time, it was a little surprising to see him step away from the job he had held for nearly two decades, especially given his success as the head coach in Pittsburgh.
Tomlin led the Steelers to a Super Bowl title and finished his stint with the team with 13 playoff appearances and never a losing record in Pittsburgh.
Mike Tomlin Signs With Sports Media Agent
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Following Tomlin’s decision to step down as Steelers head coach, a position Mike McCarthy now holds in Pittsburgh, rumors have been circulating about his immediate future, whether it’s another NFL head coaching job or a media role.
According to Ryan Gasspiegel of Front Office Sports, Tomlin will indeed take a stab at working in the media as an analyst, as he has hired an agent.
Mike Tomlin is testing the TV market waters.
The former Steelers head coach has signed with longtime sports media agent Sandy Montag, sources told Front Office Sports.
Apparently, Montag has quite the resume as representation for some of the biggest names in the field that Tomlin is trying to get into.
Montag, the founder of The Montag Group, now a division of The Team (formerly Wasserman), also represents Mike Tirico, Jim Nantz, Scott Van Pelt, James Brown, and Dick Vitale. He was famously the agent for the late John Madden.
It’s safe to assume that Tomlin will have no trouble finding an opportunity in the media field with this kind of help from Montag.
Mike McCarthy on Aaron Rodgers’ Situation With Steelers
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With the Tomlin era coming to an end in Pittsburgh, McCarthy will have the tall task of addressing the quarterback position, with the team still holding out hope that four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers will come back for at least one more season.
McCarthy does have the advantage of winning a Super Bowl coaching Rodgers with the Green Bay Packers, but there’s still uncertainty in the air heading into the NFL offseason.
The new Steelers head coach was recently asked about a possible reunion with Rodgers in Pittsburgh, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.
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Can’t take the journalist out of Kevin Harlan. Even as the emcee of his father’s celebration of life at Lambeau Field, he had to ask Mike McCarthy about a possible reunion with Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh:
“It’d be a great story,” McCarthy said of Rodgers returning. “I don’t know [if he’s going to play], and I would love to tell everybody breaking news. But it’s really cool to see Aaron at 42. To see a young man at 22 and all of what he’s been able to accomplish, and where he’s at in his personal life and trying to make the decision.
“He’s in a really good place.”
It’ll be interesting to see how all this pans out and whether Rodgers tries to give it another shot in a Steelers uniform with his former Packers coach leading the charge on the sideline.