Mike Tomlin
Mike Tomlin
Michael Pettaway Tomlin is an American former professional football coach. He is known for having served as the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 2007 to 2025. During his 19 seasons as head coach, Tomlin never finished with a losing record, the longest streak in NFL history. At the time of his resignation, Tomlin was the longest-tenured head coach in
"People arent very good listeners, by nature … Part of being a good communicator is recognizing and understanding that and trying to make the complex simple. I try to capture a concept, an idea or a moment in a few words. If they remember it, job done."
"We dont live in our fears, we live in our hopes."
"If he were not a football coach, hed be a shrink."
"More grounded, more humble, more selfless makes us more opportunistic."
"Theres going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to do."
"If he was not a world famous football coach, he would be stuck in a dead-beat job."
"Ill tolerate you until I can replace you."
"Im not concerned about avoiding anything that happened three years ago or worried about letdowns or things of that nature. When you use the term letdown you proceed with the assumption that this is a continuation of something that happened in the past."
