List of Pittsburgh Steelers head coaches

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

franchise has had 16 head coaches throughout its history. Founded as the Pittsburgh Pirates in , the name was changed to the Steelers prior to the season to celebrate the city's heritage of producing steel

Steel mill

A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. It is produced in a two-stage process. First, iron ore is reduced or smelted with coke and limestone in a blast furnace, producing molten iron which is either cast into pig iron or...

. Joe Bach

Joe Bach

Joseph Anthony Bach was one of Notre Dame's famed "seven mules" and later the head coach for the NFL's Pittsburgh Pirates and later the renamed Pittsburgh Steelers ....

served two separate terms as head coach and Walt Kiesling

Walt Kiesling

Walter Andrew Kiesling was an American football player and coach.-Playing career:A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Kiesling played both offensive and defensive line at the University of St. Thomas...

served three separate terms. During the and seasons, due to the amount of players who fought in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, the Steelers combined their team with Philadelphia

Steagles

The Steagles is the popular nickname for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, during the 1943 season...

and Chicago

Card-Pitt

Card-Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge, because both had lost many players to World War II military service...

, respectively. During these seasons, Steelers' coach Walt Kiesling

Walt Kiesling

shared coaching duties with Greasy Neale and Phil Handler

Phil Handler

Philip Jacob Handler was a football player and coach who spent his entire professional career in the city of Chicago. On three separate occasions, Handler served as head coach of the Chicago Cardinals, and later as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bears...

, who have not been included within this list.

Struggling for much of the franchise's early years, the team's first season with more wins than losses was coached by Jock Sutherland

Jock Sutherland

Dr. John Bain "Jock" Sutherland, D.D.S., was an American football coach. He coached college football at Lafayette College and the University of Pittsburgh and professional football for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Steelers...

in . In , under Sutherland, the Steelers played their first playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

. Twelve of the 16 head coaches spent their entire professional coaching careers with the franchise, including John McNally

John McNally

John Victor "Blood" McNally was an American football player who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.-Early life:...

, Bert Bell

Bert Bell

De Benneville "Bert" Bell was the National Football League commissioner from 1946 until his death in 1959. As commissioner, he helped chart a path for the NFL to facilitate its rise in becoming the most popular sports attraction in the United States...

, and Chuck Noll

Chuck Noll

Charles Henry "Chuck" Noll is a former professional American football player and coach, and a member of the Sid Gillman coaching tree. He served most notably as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League from 1969 to 1991...

, who have also been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...

. One of only four men to coach the same team for 23 years, Chuck Noll retired in . Noll is also the only coach in National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

history to win four Super Bowl

Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...

s. Bill Cowher

Bill Cowher

William Laird "Bill" Cowher is a former American football coach and player. Cowher resigned after 15 seasons as the Steelers' coach on January 5, 2007, 11 months to the day after winning 2005–06's Super Bowl XL...

, Noll's replacement, coached the Steelers to their fifth Super Bowl victory, in 2005

Super Bowl XL

Super Bowl XL was an American football game pitting the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the National Football Conference champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League champion for the 2005 season...

. The Steelers sixth Super Bowl win came in Super Bowl XLIII

Super Bowl XLIII

Super Bowl XLIII was an American football game pitting the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the National Football Conference champion Arizona Cardinals to decide the National Football League champion for the 2008 season. The game was played on February 1, 2009,...

, while head coached by Mike Tomlin

Mike Tomlin

Michael Tomlin is the current head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Tomlin is the third youngest head coach in any of the four major North American professional sports. He is the tenth African-American head coach in NFL history, and first in Steelers history...

, the team's current head coach.

Key

#	Number of coaches
GC	Games Coached
W	Wins
L	Loses
T	Ties
Win%	Winning percentage Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...
†	Spent entire professional head coaching career with Steelers
*	Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Pro Football Hall of Fame The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees... and spent entire professional head coaching career with Steelers

Coaches

Note: Statistics are updated through the end of the 2010 NFL season
2010 NFL season
The 2010 NFL season was the 91st regular season of the National Football League.The regular season began with the NFL Kickoff game on NBC on Thursday, September 9, at the Louisiana Superdome as the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl XLIV champions, defeated the Minnesota Vikings 14–9.Tom Brady,...

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#	Name	Term	Regular season					Playoffs				Awards	Ref./ Notes
#	Name	Term	GC	W	L	T	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%	Awards	Ref./ Notes
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1	Forrest Douds Forrest Douds Forrest "Jap" McCreery Douds was an All-American football player at Washington and Jefferson College in suburban Washington, Pennsylvania, where he was selected as an All-American three times and was the first player ever selected to the East-West Game in two separate seasons... †		11	3	6	2	.333	—	—	—	—
2	Luby DiMeolo†		12	2	10	—	.167	—	—	—	—
3	Joe Bach Joe Bach Joseph Anthony Bach was one of Notre Dame's famed "seven mules" and later the head coach for the NFL's Pittsburgh Pirates and later the renamed Pittsburgh Steelers .... †	–	24	10	14	—	.416	—	—	—	—

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|John McNally

John McNally

John Victor "Blood" McNally was an American football player who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.-Early life:...

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Walt Kiesling

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Bert Bell

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Aldo Donelli

Aldo "Buff" Teo Donelli was an American football and soccer player. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.-Club:...

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Walt Kiesling

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|Jim Leonard

Jim Leonard

James Raymond Leonard, Sr. was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, as well as the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1945....

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|Jock Sutherland

Jock Sutherland

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|John Michelosen

John Michelosen

John Michelosen was a highly successful American football coach with both college and professional teams, and an inductee into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.-Biography:...

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Joe Bach

Joseph Anthony Bach was one of Notre Dame's famed "seven mules" and later the head coach for the NFL's Pittsburgh Pirates and later the renamed Pittsburgh Steelers ....

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Walt Kiesling

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|Buddy Parker

Buddy Parker

Raymond "Buddy" Parker is a former football player and coach in the National Football League who served as head coach for three teams: the Chicago Cardinals, the Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers....

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|Mike Nixon

Mike Nixon

Mike Nixon is a former American football player, coach and scout who spent close to a half-century connected to the game...

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|Bill Austin

Bill Austin

William Lee Austin is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League, having played for the New York Giants for seven seasons and served as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1966 to 1968.Bill played for Oregon State University in college, earning All-Coast...

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|Chuck Noll

Chuck Noll

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Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year (1989)
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|Bill Cowher

Bill Cowher

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Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (1992)
Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (2004)
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|Mike Tomlin

Mike Tomlin

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Footnotes

IBach's full coaching record with the Steelers is 48 regular season games coached with a record of 21–27 and a W–L percentage of .438.
IIKiesling's full coaching record with the Steelers is 90 regular season games coached with a record of 30–55–5 and a W–L percentage of .379.
IIIIn the Steelers combined with the Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

to form the "Steagles
Steagles
The Steagles is the popular nickname for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, during the 1943 season...

", and Walt Kiesling shared the head coach position with Greasy Neale. In the Steelers combined with the Chicago Cardinals to form "Card-Pitt
Card-Pitt
Card-Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge, because both had lost many players to World War II military service...

", and Walt Kiesling shared the head coaching position with Phil Handler
Phil Handler
Philip Jacob Handler was a football player and coach who spent his entire professional career in the city of Chicago. On three separate occasions, Handler served as head coach of the Chicago Cardinals, and later as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bears...

.

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