Mike Tomlin is an American football head coach who, since 2007, has coached the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers. Tomlin is the second youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl (2009), and he has never had a losing season.

Quick Facts About Michael Pettaway Tomlin

Basic Info

• Full Names: Michael Pettaway Tomlin
• Popular As: Mike Tomlin
• Gender: Male
• Occupation: Sports — Professional football coach
• Nationality: American
• Ethnicity: Black / African American
• Religion: Christianity
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Birthday

• Date of Birth: 15/03/1972
• Place of Birth: Hampton, Virginia, United States

Body Measurements

• Height: 175 cm
• Weight: 85 kg
• Eye Color: Black
• Hair Color: Black

Family and Relationship

• Father: Ed Tomlin
• Mother: Julia Tomlin
• Siblings:
  • Eddie Tomlin (Brother)
• Marital Status: Married
• Spouse: Kiya Winston
• Children:
  • Michael Dean Tomlin (Son)
  • Mason Tomlin (Son)
  • Harlyn Quinn Tomlin (Daughter)

Net Worth and Salary

• Source of Income: Coach

Life and Career

• Education:
  • Denbigh High School (1990)
  • College of William and Mary , Sociology degree (1995)
• Career Milestones:
  • His . 630 regular-season win percentage is the fifth-best by a head coach in his first 18 career seasons.

Mike Tomlin Biography

Mike Tomlin (Michael Pettaway Tomlin) is an American football coach who was born and brought up in Hampton, Virginia. He is best known as the 16th head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL), having led the team since 2007.

Tomlin became the youngest head coach in NFL history to lead his team to a Super Bowl championship, with the victory in Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009, against the Arizona Cardinals.

Mike Tomlin Age

Tomlin is 53 years old, he was born on March 15, 1972, in Hampton, Virginia, United States. He celebrates his birthday on March 15 every year, and his birth sign is Pisces.

Mike Tomlin Height

Mike Tomlin stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m).

Mike Tomlin Weight

Tomlin weighs ‎85 Kg (188 pounds). His hair is black, and his eyes are dark brown.

Early Life and Education

Tomlin was born on March 15, 1972, in Hampton, Virginia, as the younger of two sons; his brother, Eddie, is three and a half years older. His father, Ed Tomlin, played football at Hampton Institute in the 1960s, was drafted by the Baltimore Colts, and later played for the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League. The elder Tomlin died in January 2012 from an apparent heart attack in Ocala, Florida, at age 63.

However, Tomlin hardly knew his birth father and was raised by his mother and stepfather, Julia and Leslie Copeland, who married when Tomlin was six years old. Tomlin graduated in 1990 from Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia. He graduated from the College of William and Mary with a sociology degree in 1995, becoming a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. As a wide receiver, Tomlin was a second-team All-Yankee Conference selection in 1994.

Major Achievements and Contributions

• On December 1, 2024, Tomlin attained his 18th consecutive non-losing season with a 44–38 victory over the Bengals that brought the Steelers to a 9–3 record.

Personal Life

Mike Tomlin Family, Parents

Tomlin is the younger of two sons of Ed Tomlin (father) and Julia Tomlin (mother). His father played football at Hampton Institute in the 1960s, was drafted by the Baltimore Colts, and later played for the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League.

His father, Tomlin, died in January 2012 from an apparent heart attack in Ocala, Florida, at the age of 63. However, Mike Tomlin hardly knew his birth father and was raised by his mother and stepfather, Julia and Leslie Copeland, who married when he was six years old.

Mike Tomlin Brother

Tomlin has a brother, Eddie Tomlin, who is three and a half years older.

Mike Tomlin Wife, Kiya Winston

Tomlin married Kiya Winston in 1996. The two met while they were students at The College of William & Mary, where Kiya was a gymnast and a pre-med student. The couple got married in 1996, a year after graduating.

Kiya owns a fashion company called Uptown Sweats, which focuses on modern custom clothes for older women. The family resides in the Squirrel Hill neighbourhood of Pittsburgh and attends the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church.

Mike Tomlin Children

Tomlin has three children. He has two sons, Mason Tomlin, born in 2002 and Michael Dean Tomlin born in 2000, and a daughter, Harlyn Quinn Tomlin, born in 2006.

Mike Tomlin Salary

Tomlin earns an annual salary of $6 million as the head coach of Pittsburgh Steelers.

Mike Tomlin Net Worth

Mike Tomlin’s net worth is estimated at 30 million dollars. This includes his Assets, Money, and Income. His primary source of income is his career as a Coach. Through his various sources of income, Mike has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

College Football

Tomlin’s coaching career began in 1995 as the wide receiver coach at Virginia Military Institute under head coach Bill Stewart. He spent the 1996 season as a graduate assistant at the University of Memphis, where he worked with the defensive backs and special teams.

Following a brief stint on the University of Tennessee at Martin’s coaching staff, Mike Tomlin was hired by Arkansas State University in 1997 to coach its defensive backs. He stayed there for two seasons and was then hired as defensive backs coach by the University of Cincinnati.

NFL Coach

Tomlin was hired as the defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2001, where he first learned the Tampa 2 defense that he would use in later coaching jobs. In 2002 and 2005, the Buccaneers led the NFL in total defense (fewest yards allowed per game). During his tenure, the defense never ranked worse than sixth overall. In January 2003, when the Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII, the team recorded a Super Bowl record five interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns.

Defensive Coordinator

In 2006, Tomlin was selected by Vikings’ head coach Brad Childress to be his defensive coordinator. Two of the players on the Vikings roster were older than him, and Tomlin had been a teammate of Vikings’ safety Darren Sharper while at William and Mary.

The 2006 Vikings finished with the NFL’s eighth-best overall defense but had the unusual distinction of finishing as the top-ranked defense against the run and the worst-ranked defense against the pass.

Head coach

After spending 2006 as the Vikings’ defensive coordinator, Mike Tomlin was selected to interview for the vacant head coaching position with the 2005 Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers. With only a year of experience as a defensive coordinator, he was hired on January 27, 2007, to become the sixteenth Steelers head coach. Mike replaced Bill Cowher, who retired after spending 15 years with the team.

Tomlin had also interviewed for the head coaching vacancy with the Miami Dolphins, a job that eventually went to Cam Cameron. With Mike Tomlin, the Steelers continued a trend of hiring head coaches in their 30s. The others were Chuck Noll (38 in 1969), Cowher (age 34 in 1992), Johnny “Blood” McNally (33 in 1937), Bill Austin (38 in 1966), Jim Leonard (35 in 1945), Aldo Donelli (33 in 1941), Walt Kiesling (35 in 1939), John Michelsen (32 in 1948), and Joe Bach (34 in 1935).

During a game on October 29, 2017, it was announced that Mike Tomlin became the 3rd coach in NFL history to finish with a .500 or better record in his first ten seasons with one team (Steelers). He is only behind Curly Lambeau (Packers) and John Madden (Raiders).

Mike Tomlin Contract

On July 13, 2010, Mike Tomlin signed a three-year contract extension with the Steelers. On July 24, 2012, he received a three-year contract extension through the 2016 season. The financial terms were not disclosed.

Mike Tomlin and Omar Epps

It has been remarked that Mike Tomlin resembles actor Omar Epps, a resemblance that was referenced on an episode of the TV series House in November 2009, in Episode 8 of Season 6, “Ignorance Is Bliss”, when House mentions feeling like Mike Tomlin because of having his team back, but probably not as much as Foreman (Epps’s character).

Mike Tomlin Past Teams Coached

• VMI (1995)
  Wide receivers coach
• Memphis (1996)
  Graduate assistant
• Arkansas State (1997)
  Wide receivers coach
• Arkansas State (1998)
  Defensive backs coach
• Cincinnati (1999–2000)
  Defensive backs coach
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2001–2005)
  Defensive backs coach
• Minnesota Vikings (2006)
  Defensive coordinator
• Pittsburgh Steelers (2007–Present)
  Head coach

Record

• Regular season: 125–66–1 (.654)
• Postseason: 8–7 (.533)
• Career: 131–71–1 (.648)

Profiles

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachtomlin/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachTomlin