nfl playbook How Mike Tomlin looms over an NFL season filled with hot seats By Ryan Dunleavy Published Sep. 11, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET Mike Tomlin led the Steelers to a 119-114-2 record in 10 seasons as head coach before parting ways with the team after last season. Diamond Images/Getty Images The mathematical way to calculate the size of a shadow is to divide the height of the object by the tangent of the sun’s altitude angle.
You don’t need to know Mike Tomlin’s height (about 5-foot-9) or the sun’s positioning in the sky to know that the Super Bowl-winning former Steelers head coach is going to cast an enormous shadow over every NFL head coach on a hot seat this season from his throne on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” studio set.
