The Pittburgh Steelers have had sixteen head coaches in their team history. The most recent coach is Mike Tomlin, who is the first African-American coach that Pittsburgh has hired. Before coaching the Steelers, Tomlin spent the 2006 NFL season being the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings. Before that, he coached the previous five seasons (2001-05) as defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. At just 34 years old, Mike Tomlin is the youngest coach to lead a team to a Super Bowl.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher was hired by CBS Sports to be an analyst for THE NFL TODAY show for the 2007 NFL season. Cowher ended his coaching career with an overall record of 161-99-1 (.619) including a 149-90-1 (.623) mark in the regular-season.
Pittsburgh holds the record for the most Super Bowl wins with six victories to their team's credit. The following Steelers players have been named Super Bowl MVP:
Super Bowl IX - Franco Harris
Super Bowl X - Lynn Swann
Super Bowl XIII - Terry Bradshaw
Super Bowl XIV - Terry Bradshaw
Super Bowl XL - Hines Ward
Super Bowl XLIII - Santonio Holmes
The NFL is doing something completely new and different this year. In an attempt to make an event out of the season-ending awards the NFL is hosting the inaugural National Football League Honors. This is an event where the NFL will present the honors of AP Most Valuable Player, AP...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says progress has been made in reaching a deal with the players union that would allow for human-growth hormone testing of all players to begin.
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