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The Pittsburgh Steelers franchise has had 16 head coaches throughout its history. Founded as the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1933, [1] the name was changed to the Steelers prior to the 1941 season to celebrate the city's heritage of producing steel. [2] Joe Bach served two separate terms as head coach and Walt Kiesling served three
The Steelers, whose history may be traced to a regional pro team that was established in the early 1920s, joined the NFL as the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 8, 1933. The team was owned by Art Rooney and took its original name from the baseball team of the same name , as was common practice for NFL teams at the time. [ 6 ]
On November 13, 2011, Tomlin won his 50th game as the Steelers' head coach with a 24–17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Of the Steelers' 16 head coaches in franchise history, Tomlin was the fourth to reach this milestone. The Steelers recorded another 12–4 regular season mark in the 2011 season. [24]
Charles Henry Noll (January 5, 1932 – June 13, 2014) was an American professional football player and head coach.Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, his sole head coaching position was for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1991.
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Pittsburgh suffered through yet two more losing seasons before a 6–6 campaign in 1957 in the first season for coach Buddy Parker. 1957 saw one other highlight, the hiring of the NFL's first African American coach, Lowell Perry as the Steelers receivers coach. The Steelers played at Pitt Stadium from 1958 through 1969.
Pittsburgh Steelers: Minnesota Vikings: Bud Grant [3] 16–6: Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana: January 18, 1976 X: Chuck Noll (2) Pittsburgh Steelers: Dallas Cowboys: Tom Landry [2] 21–17 Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida: January 9, 1977 XI: John Madden: Oakland Raiders: Minnesota Vikings: Bud Grant [4] 32–14 Rose Bowl Stadium ...
He became the 15th head coach in Steelers history when he succeeded Chuck Noll on January 21, 1992 – but only the team's second head coach since the NFL merger in 1970, beating out fellow Pittsburgh native and Pitt alumnus (and eventual Pitt head coach) Dave Wannstedt (Wannstedt instead became the coach of the Chicago Bears the following ...