Tomlin to NBC

Mike Tomlin is joining NBC’s *Football Night in America* after stepping down as Pittsburgh Steelers coach in January. (nbcsports.com) NBC’s Mike Florio, citing The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand, reported the hire on April 21. USA Today reported Tomlin, 54, chose NBC’s Sunday night pregame show over Fox. (nbcsports.com) (usatoday.com) Tomlin resigned from the Steelers on January 13 after 19 seasons, two Super Bowl appearances and one championship. Steelers president Art Rooney II said that day that Tomlin informed him he had decided to step down. (steelers.com) (pbs.org) The move puts one of the National Football League’s most recognizable coaches onto the league’s top-rated studio show before *Sunday Night Football*. NBC says *Football Night in America* averaged 8.8 million viewers in the 2025 season, up 14% from the year before. (nbcsports.com) Tomlin had been linked to television since March, when NBC Sports reported he hired Sandy Montag and Alex Flanagan to represent him for TV work. That report said every National Football League broadcast partner was expected to have interest. (nbcsports.com) His exit from coaching ended one of the National Football League’s longest runs of stability. Yahoo Sports noted Pittsburgh had to search for only its third head coach since Chuck Noll was hired in 1969. (sports.yahoo.com) Tomlin also left without a losing season in Pittsburgh, a benchmark NBC highlighted in its report on the hire. That record, paired with nine straight seasons without a playoff win, framed the final stretch of his Steelers tenure. (nbcsports.com 1) (nbcsports.com 2) NBC has long stocked *Football Night in America* with former coaches, including Tony Dungy. Tomlin now moves from the sideline to the same desk, with the 2026 National Football League season his first full test on television. (nbcsports.com) (usatoday.com)