{"id":675936,"date":"2026-01-14T06:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/675936\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T06:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:32:14","slug":"mike-tomlin-stepping-down-as-steelers-head-coach-bad-news-for-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/675936\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tomlin stepping down as Steelers head coach bad news for Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated Jan. 13, 2026, 12:58 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Competition. It’s something former Raiders<\/a> head coach Pete Carroll preached all the time. Now it’s something the Raiders are faced with in replacing Carroll. They fired the 74-year-old after just one season in Las Vegas and jumped into what is turning into an ever-widening pool of teams all clamoring to get their hands on the top candidates.<\/p>\n

There were already competing with seven other teams for a new head coach. And now the Steelers<\/a> just joined the party with longtime head coach Mike Tomlin stepping down.<\/p>\n

Prior to Tomlin, it was fellow longtime AFC North coach John Harbaugh being fired. But at least with Harbaugh, it’s not a net change because Harbaugh figures to just slide over and fill one of the other openings.<\/p>\n

But Tomlin wasn’t fired. He stepped down, which means the Steelers still have rights to his contract. The expectations are that Tomlin will look to take a year off from coaching and then perhaps join a team next year.<\/p>\n

So, this news just means another opening and for a respected organization with a team that just made the playoffs. Making it potential top landing spot for any head coach candidate. Which means it’s possible they could swoop in a take someone the Raiders may have been eyeing.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Jan. 13, 2026, 12:58 p.m. PT Competition. It’s something former Raiders head coach Pete Carroll preached all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[95878,7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525,15978,97498,95882,95885,97638,95895,95899,96720,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-675936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-las-vegas","11":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","12":"tag-lasvegas","13":"tag-lasvegasraiders","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-raiders","16":"tag-sstssportsnflraiders","17":"tag-sstsnraiders","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","20":"tag-tagmike-tomlin","21":"tag-tagnfl-hub","22":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","23":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","24":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115892056835069154","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}