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The Pittsburgh Steelers are closing in on a deal to make Mike McCarthy their next head coach, league sources told The Athletic. The move comes just over a week after Mike Tomlin stepped after 19 seasons as the Steelers head coach.

McCarthy, 62, most recently served as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers. His crowning achievement came following the 2010 season, when he and Aaron Rodgers defeated the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV.

A Pittsburgh native who grew up enamored with the Chuck Noll dynasty of the 1970s, McCarthy now has an opportunity to return to his roots. His father, Joe McCarthy Jr., was a firefighter who owned a bar in the Greenfield neighborhood.

McCarthy is the Steelers’ fourth head coach since 1969, following Noll (1969-1991), Bill Cowher (1992-2006) and Tomlin (2007-2025).