Overview
- Pittsburgh announced that Mike Tomlin is stepping down after 19 seasons as head coach.
- Tomlin’s decision came a day after a seventh straight playoff defeat, tying Marvin Lewis for the most consecutive postseason losses.
- Andy Reid, hired by the Chiefs in 2013, now stands as the league’s longest-tenured active head coach and the only current coach with at least 10 seasons with the same team.
- The next-longest tenures are Sean McDermott, Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan at nine seasons, followed by Matt LaFleur and Zac Taylor at seven.
- With coaching changes in Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cleveland, Zac Taylor is now the AFC North’s lone incumbent head coach.