Steelers Next Head Coach Odds: NFL Legacy Early Favorite To Replace Mike Tomlin

By Bill Speros

Jan 13th, 2026 3:11 PM EST

Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers parted ways Tuesday. Who will be his replacement? Let's take a look at our Steelers Next Head Coach Odds. Tomlin stood as the longest-tenured NFL coach at 19 seasons. HIs Steelers lost to Houston 30-6 in an AFC Wild Card game Monday night.

Tomlin informed the team that he was stepping down as just the third coach of the Steelers since 1969. Pittsburgh suffered its seventh straight playoff loss this season. Tomlin will have no problem either finding another NFL coaching gig, or more likely, a spot as a TV analyst.

But question is now asked: Who will be the just the fourth Steelers head coach in the past half-century?

Nine coaching vacancies currently exist in the NFL. The opportunity in Pittsburgh immediately ranks among the most coveted. The Rooney Family values loyalty. And it changes coaches about as often as England changes monarchs.

In leaving on his own, Tomlin gives ownership an out in having to answer to a fanbase that has not celebrated a playoff win in 9 years. Since the Steelers last won a playoff game, Tom Brady has won 3 Super Bowls, retired, gotten divorced, and spent two seasons in the NFL on FOX booth as the network's top in-game analyst.

Next Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Odds

Here are the latest Bookies.com odds for the Steelers next head coach from Analyst Jared Kimble.

Breaking Down Steelers Next Coach Candidates

Given the Rooneys' affinity for NFL legacy, Don Shula's grandson, Chris Shula, ranks among the favorites to take Tomlin's headset. Shula is the Rams' defensive coordinator. Pittsburgh's calling card since the heydays of the Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s has been on that side of the ball

Brian Flores interviewed with the Baltimore Ravens for their head coaching opening this week. Flores, a former head coach in Miami from 2019-21 who sued the league, has been the Vikings' defensive coordinator the past three seasons. Before that. he was on Tomlin's staff for a year as a defensive assistant. Flores served on the defensive staff of the Patriots when they won Super Bowls 49, 51 and 53. So he would bring a championship pedigree to the Steel City.

Mike McCarthy gives the Steelers immediate credibility - at least on the offensive side of the ball. He led the Packers - with Aaron Rodgers as their QB - to a Super Bowl victory during his 13 seasons as head coach in Green Bay. Any move toward hiring McCarthy could very well influence Rodgers in terms of his potential retirement. If Rodgers retires or move on, the Steelers likely will seek to move up in the April draft to pick a top-tier QB, or make a move in free agency. McCarthy ranks among the top offensive minds in the league.

Both Mike McDaniel (Dolphins) and Kevin Stefanski (Browns) were fired following the 2025 season. Both boast offensive backgrounds, but have had varying success in developing QB talent as head coaches.

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