{"id":2297,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2297","headline":"Tomlin dodges questions on possible return to coaching","dek":"The former Steelers coach, now with NBC Sports, says he will \"cross that bridge\" when talk of a comeback arrives.","body":"Mike Tomlin isn't saying no. Asked Wednesday on an NBC Sports conference call whether he has thought about returning to coaching, Tomlin kept things vague, telling reporters he knows the subject \"is going to come up\" soon but hasn't given it much thought yet.\n\nTomlin stepped away from the Steelers in January 2026 after 19 seasons leading the team and has since moved into broadcasting with NBC. He says he is enjoying the new gig, insisting he is focused on getting better each week in his media role rather than plotting a sideline comeback.\n\nStill, the question keeps surfacing because of who he is. Reports indicate Tomlin is expected to be in high demand as a head coaching candidate in the coming months, though it is not considered a given that he would leave his broadcasting job for a big coaching offer. For now, his answer amounts to a shrug: he'll deal with it when it happens.\n\n\"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it,\" Tomlin said, adding that he is excited about his current role and has not thought much about what comes after it.","published_at":"2026-11-11T23:33:22.872608+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Front Office Sports","publisher":"Front Office Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin Knows Coaching Talk Is ‘Going to Come Up’ Soon","url":"https://frontofficesports.com/article/mike-tomlin-coaching-talk-come-up-soon/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin gives cryptic answer regarding his coaching future","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tomlin-gives-cryptic-answer-184751989.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin on coaching again: \"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it\"","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/mike-tomlin-on-coaching-again-ill-cross-that-bridge-when-i-come-to-it"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin on coaching again: "I'll cross that bridge when I come to it"","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tomlin-coaching-again-ill-180233320.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin not thinking about coaching return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tomlin-not-thinking-coaching-180253219.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin leaves door open to coaching return: 'I'll cross that bridge when I come to it'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/mike-tomlin-leaves-door-open-to-coaching-return-ill-cross-that-bridge-when-i-come-to-it-184449997.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin Knows Coaching Talk Is ‘Going to Come Up’ Soon","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tomlin-knows-coaching-talk-192620375.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tomlin leaves door open to NFL coaching return as he navigates fun NBC challenge","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tomlin-leaves-door-open-192557798.html"},{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"Mike Tomlin punts on potential return to coaching","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/mike-tomlin-punts-potential-return-coaching.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Mike Tomlin: 'I haven’t given one iota of thought' about return to coaching","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7774268/2026/11/11/mike-tomlin-return-to-coaching/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"'I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it': Mike Tomlin on potential coaching return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ll-cross-bridge-come-mike-210020797.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://frontofficesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-04T235101Z_117772984_MT1USATODAY30001338_RTRMADP_3_NFL-DETROIT-LIONS-AT-CAROLINA-PANTHERS-scaled-e1793382488615.jpg?quality=80&w=1024","credit":"Front Office Sports","width":1024},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}