Mike Tomlin now stands alongside a fellow Pittsburgh Steelers coach within the NFL report guide.
By advantage of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ thrilling Week 18 win over the Baltimore Ravens, Tomlin is now tied with Corridor of Fame coach Chuck Noll on the all-time common season wins checklist. Tomlin and Noll are tied for ninth all-time with 193 regular-season wins. Tomlin’s 193 win was additionally particular in that it got here in a sport that noticed the Steelers seize the AFC North division title and a spot within the AFC playoffs.
“I am appreciative of a few of these issues,” Tomlin not too long ago stated when requested about a few of his current profession milestones. “It has been a blessing, however actually of no relevance as I stand right here in the present day leaning in on this Cleveland Browns alternative this week. There are simply so many individuals on this collective that it does not apply to, and with soccer being what it’s, the final word staff sport, I higher show that focus.”
Two weeks in the past, Tomlin elevated his NFL report of most consecutive non-losing seasons to start a profession, which is now at 19. He is one season off Tom Landry’s report for essentially the most consecutive non-losing seasons in NFL historical past.
NFL all-time regular-season wins
T1. | Don Shula** | 328 |
2. | George Halas** | 318 |
3. | Invoice Belichick | 302 |
4. | Andy Reid | 279 |
5. | Tom Landry** | 250 |
6. | Curly Lambeau** | 226 |
7. | Paul Brown** | 213 |
8. | Marty Schottenheimer | 200 |
T9. | Mike Tomiln | 193 |
T9. | Chuck Noll** | 193 |
11. | Dan Reeves | 190 |
** — Members of the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame
So far as teaching icons are involved, it does not get a lot larger than Noll, who in simply 5 years time turned the Steelers from a 1-13 outfit into Tremendous Bowl champions. Through the Nineteen Seventies, Noll’s Steelers turned the primary staff to win 4 Tremendous Bowls. Pittsburgh stays the one staff to win back-to-back Tremendous Bowls twice and 4 Tremendous Bowls over a six-year span.
Noll was initially a instructor who preached fundamentals to his groups. A former offensive lineman, Noll’s experience in that space helped start one among Pittsburgh’s go from an influence operating staff to a big-play passing assault in the course of their dynasty after the league had made guidelines to assist open up the passing sport.
It took some time, however Noll finally developed a profitable partnership with Terry Bradshaw, the final Steelers’ participant to win league MVP. Their working relationship undoubtedly performed a giant position in Bradshaw not solely changing into a Corridor of Fame participant, however a profitable play-caller in Pittsburgh’s huddle.
Now in his nineteenth season, Tomlin has continued Pittsburgh’s legacy of success that was began by Noll over 50 years in the past. He’ll look to assist lead the Steelers to their first playoff win since 2016 when Pittsburgh hosts the Texans subsequent Monday evening within the AFC wild-card spherical.
