While there is a sense that there is a seismic shift coming to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the near future, it won’t be the head coach position doing the shifting. The team announced yesterday that they reached an agreement with Mike Tomlin to a contract extension that now runs through the end of the 2024 season.
While that is typically one year longer than they ordinarily do—they prefer two-year extensions with stable head coaches, this amounting to three—this is a bit of a unique position. The 2021 season was the final year of Tomlin’s previous deal, but there was also a mutual option for 2022.