Mike McCarthy

Head Coach at Pittsburgh Steelers since 2026.

Seasons coached: 38
First season: 1987
Teams: 8

Career

10 stints

1987–1988Fort Hays StateGraduate Assistant
1989–1991PittsburghGraduate Assistant
1992PittsburghWide Receivers
1993–1998Kansas City ChiefsHead Coach
1999Green Bay PackersQuarterbacks
2000–2004New Orleans SaintsOffensive Coordinator
2005San Francisco 49ersOffensive Coordinator
2006–2018Green Bay PackersHead Coach
2020–2024Dallas CowboysHead Coach
2026–presentPittsburgh SteelersHead Coach

Coaching tree

6 mentors, 46 protégés, 13 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row

Relationships

Coached under

63

48 more, most recent shown first.

Succeeded

16

1 more, most recent shown first.

Tenure

38 seasons

Pipeline

8 of 20 coordinators

1 seasonDan Quinnunder at Dallas Cowboys 2021 · head coach at Washington Commanders2024
3 seasonsMike Nolanunder at Dallas Cowboys 2020 · head coach at Michigan Panthers2023
4 seasonsMike Pettineunder at Green Bay Packers 2018 · head coach at Minnesota Vikings2022
0 seasonsJoe Philbinunder at Green Bay Packers 2006 · head coach at Green Bay Packers2018
14 seasonsKurt Schottenheimerunder at Kansas City Chiefs 1993 · head coach at Virginia Destroyers2012
1 seasonJeff Jagodzinskiunder at Green Bay Packers 2006 · head coach at Boston College2007
1 seasonGunther Cunninghamunder at Kansas City Chiefs 1995 · head coach at Kansas City Chiefs1999
1 seasonPaul Hackettunder at Kansas City Chiefs 1993 · head coach at USC1998

Moves

Nothing on the wire for Mike McCarthy. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.

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