Mike McCarthy has never forgotten where he’s from, and where he’s from won’t forget him, either.
The Packers head coach returned to Pittsburgh on Tuesday during the team’s bye week to honor his roots as well as be honored himself.
As part of the NFL’s Super Bowl Honor Roll campaign to recognize communities that have produced Super Bowl champions in the 50 years of the NFL’s league title game, McCarthy presented St. Rosalia Academy in his native Greenfield neighborhood with a commemorative Wilson Golden Football.
At the same time, the city of Pittsburgh issued a “Mike McCarthy Day” proclamation.