While McCarthy has won a Super Bowl and does have a long track record of providing a consistent level of success, his resume also closely resembles former Steelers HC Mike Tomlin's.
During a Monday appearance on Pittsburgh sports radio station 93.7 The Fan, Steelers insider Mark Kaboly of "The Pat McAfee Show" shared why the club wanted to get the McCarthy deal done quickly.
The Pittsburgh Steelers stunned the NFL world when they agreed to hire former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy to be their new head coach.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have received criticism for hiring Mike McCarthy as their next head coach.
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Cowher seems much more optimistic about the planned hiring of McCarthy than the rest of the fan base.
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Bell doesn't seem pleased with the Steelers hiring McCarthy.
One former Pittsburgh Steelers player is not particularly enthusiastic about the team’s decision to hire Mike McCarthy as head coach.
This could be a big year for the organization in a good or bad way. Time will tell, but it surely is getting interesting already.
It is not only an underwhelming hire by the Steelers, and one that goes against their historical method when it comes to hiring head coaches, but it signifies that the team is content with the mediocrity it has settled into over the past 10 years.
McCarthy will likely have a lot of say in the offense, if not all of it. That will mean that he will have to spend a lot of time and resources into finding a high-end defensive coordinator who can take the well-paid unit and help it play up to its potential.
The Pittsburgh Steelers plan to hire Mike McCarthy as their head coach.
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It's unknown whether or not QB Aaron Rodgers would return to Pittsburgh for one more NFL season.
Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers are set to hire Mike McCarthy as their new head coach, Aaron Rodgers might not be done after all.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have made a somewhat surprising decision on their next head coach.
Long the quintessential model of consistency, the hire marks a new, bleaker reality. Pittsburgh doesn't have a secret blueprint.
Some have suggested that the Steelers hiring McCarthy could result in the 42-year-old Rodgers serving as a bridge option at the QB position for Pittsburgh next season.
As one of the NFL's marquee franchises, football fans everywhere are paying close attention to the Pittsburgh Steelers' coaching search. And based on reporting,
Former head coach Mike Tomlin stepped down after 19 seasons.
He has a lifetime record of 174-112-2 with the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, and won a Super Bowl with Green Bay in 2010.
Mike McCarthy is expected to receive interest from NFL teams for head coaching vacancies this offseason, and he reportedly has an interview lined up with one of his former foes.
Parsons made it known on Thursday he feels the Cowboys "need some call to action" to catch up with the Eagles and other teams that competed in this year's postseason tournament.
McCarthy is widely seen as a better head-coaching candidate than Schottenheimer, who had never served as a head coach before this month.
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