{"id":730109,"date":"2026-02-05T01:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/730109\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T01:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:19:15","slug":"cam-heyward-reveals-what-he-loves-about-steelers-hire-of-mike-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/730109\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam Heyward Reveals What He Loves About Steelers Hire of Mike McCarthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-27-2026-Mike-McCarthy-Introduction-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy during his introductory press conference on Jan. 27, 2026. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Out of any Pittsburgh Steelers player, Cam Heyward might\u2019ve been the closest with former head coach Mike Tomlin. The two made a point to walk off the field together after every away game for about a decade, inviting Aaron Rodgers into the fold this past season.<\/p>\n<p>Not long into his tenure taking over for Tomlin, <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/mike-mccarthy\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike McCarthy<\/a> is winning the mainstay defensive lineman over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just talked to him not too long ago, and I love that he loves Pittsburgh,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jimrome\/status\/2018784808764137644?s=20\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Heyward said<\/a> Wednesday on Jim Rome\u2019s radio show. \u201cThat means the world to me, because that\u2019s someone who\u2019s gonna value the job, that\u2019s someone who\u2019s going to make the most out of this opportunity. There\u2019s a hunger there, there\u2019s a respect there. His family still lives in Pittsburgh. And so we talked about that \u2014 my family still lives in Pittsburgh, as well \u2014 and we resonated that. His brother was actually my next-door neighbor for all those years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a leg up in admiring him from afar, but he\u2019s a hell of a coach, too. He\u2019s won a Super Bowl, and the players here today that have had a chance to be coached by him have a lot of respect for him, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-4-2026-Steelers-v-Ravens-8702.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers DT Cam Heyward\" class=\"wp-image-161068\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers DT Cam Heyward in a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 5, 2025. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy, a Greenfield native, has compiled a 174-112-2 record across 18 seasons as head coach for the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys. His second coaching job was with the University of Pittsburgh (1989-92), first as a graduate assistant, then as a wide receivers coach. His appreciation for the Steel City was on full display upon being introduced as the Steelers\u2019 leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand and embrace the responsibility and privilege and the weight that comes with this stewardship, this city, this franchise, this fan base,\u201d McCarthy said during his press conference. \u201cIt means the world to me, because Pittsburgh is my world. It\u2019s just awesome to be back here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/cam-heyward\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Heyward<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/mike-mccarthy\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Mike McCarthy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/mike-tomlin\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tomlin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy during his introductory press conference on Jan. 27, 2026. &#8212;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[344,7,7866,1255,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-730109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-cam-heyward","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-mike-mccarthy","11":"tag-mike-tomlin","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-pittsburgh","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","15":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","16":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116015398119571914","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730109","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=730109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}