The Pittsburgh Steelers and Mike McCarthy have reached a verbal agreement to make him their next head coach, the team announced Saturday.
McCarthy was out of the NFL last season after a five-year run as the Dallas Cowboys’ head coach from 2020-24. He previously served as the Green Bay Packers’ head coach from 2006-18, during which he secured a victory in Super Bowl XLV over the Steelers.
The 62-year-old would become just the franchise’s fourth head coach since 1969. Mike Tomlin, who had led the Steelers for the last 19 years, stepped down following their loss to the Houston Texans in the wild-card round.