Mike Tomlin reveals why he left the Steelers after 19 seasons
Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin recently broke his silence and explained why he stepped away from the organization.
Mike Tomlin has broken his silence on his shocking decision to step down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers , and it apparently wasn't an easy one to make. Tomlin, who made his NBC debut on Sunday, explained his thought process about why he finally decided to leave the Steelers after 19 years. "It's probably not an overnight decision, but it's probably not something I could articulate or share with people," Tomlin said via NBC's Football Night in America.
"It's just, there's a loneliness in leadership. I just thought it was a good time for me, personally. And by that, I mean just where I am in life.
I thought it was a good time for the organization, to be quite honest with you. We didn't have a lot of success in the playoffs in recent years. There's just some veteran players, guys like Cam Heyward, and T.
J. Watt, and [Chris] Boswell, that I thought were worthy of the excitement and the optimism associated with new leadership. " Mike Tomlin joins Maria Taylor to talk about his new role on Football Night In America on NBC and Peacock!