Unique to the Pittsburgh Steelers across all major sports is the fact that they have only had three head coaches since 1969. Chuck Noll took over that year and served as the head coach until 1992. Then came Bill Cowher from 1992 to 2007. Both of them are now enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In a recent interview, former Steelers GM Kevin Colbert discussed how Mike Tomlin came to be hired, offering high praise to him in the process.
“Coach Noll, Coach Cowher, and Coach Tomlin, all great NFL head coaches. Two Hall of Famers, and I believe a third Hall of Famer when his career is over,” Colbert said via 1 TEAM Media’s YouTube channel on an episode of the Brian Hess Show.