{"id":96177,"date":"2026-01-25T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96177\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:16:12","slug":"steelers-to-hire-mike-mccarthy-as-next-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96177\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers to hire Mike McCarthy as next head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

McCarthy began his head coaching career with the Green Bay Packers in 2006. He spent 13 seasons with the Packers and went 125-77-2, leading Green Bay to six NFC North titles and alongside Aaron Rodgers<\/a> winning Super Bowl XLV, a 31-25 victory over the Steelers. After the Packers fired him in Week 13 of the 2018 season, McCarthy took a year off from the sidelines before his next opportunity.<\/p>\n

He eventually got that with the Cowboys. In Dallas, McCarthy’s pairing with quarterback Dak Prescott<\/a> led to success in the NFC East. McCarthy coached Dallas to a 49-35 record, including three 12-win seasons and two NFC East titles. The sides parted ways following a 7-10 2024 campaign after they could not agree to terms<\/a> on a new deal.<\/p>\n

Following another one-year hiatus for McCarthy, the Steelers are hoping he can duplicate his successes in Pittsburgh. The Steelers have not won a playoff game since the 2016 Divisional Round, a streak of seven consecutive postseason losses.<\/p>\n

In 2025, the Steelers relied on Rodgers, now 42, to fix their recent struggles in the playoffs. Pittsburgh won the AFC North<\/a> in the regular-season finale against the Baltimore Ravens, but their postseason woes continued as they fell to the Houston Texans in the Wild Card Round<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After Tomlin decided to step down, it seemed unlikely<\/a> that Rodgers would re-sign with Pittsburgh should be keep playing, but could a reunion with McCarthy change his mind? It’s certainly a possibility, given their lengthy history together in Green Bay.<\/p>\n

It will be a busy offseason for the Steelers, but for now they’ve found their new leader in McCarthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McCarthy began his head coaching career with the Green Bay Packers in 2006. He spent 13 seasons with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3265,2376,6537,139,3266,73,75,74,1833],"class_list":["post-96177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-breaking-news","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-news","tag-no-minute","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}