Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin dragged his old Tampa Bay colleague Richard Mann out of semi-retirement in 2013 to coach their wide receivers, but he basically went on a year-to-year basis, always with the threat of retiring. He finally did after the 2017 season, during which year former Steelers great Hines Ward served as an offensive intern.
According to NFL reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala, Tomlin had interest in Ward being the Steelers’ next wide receivers coach at that point. And the feeling was mutual. But there were certain stipulations he could not agree to that at least partially played a role in him not getting that job.