Which Super Bowl XLV-winning coach took over the Steelers for 2026?

Mike McCarthy, the coach who guided Green Bay to victory in Super Bowl XLV, took over as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach for 2026.

McCarthy’s defining championship came after the 2010 NFL season, when the Packers defeated the Steelers 31–25 in Super Bowl XLV. The victory was Green Bay’s fourth Super Bowl title and McCarthy’s first championship as an NFL head coach.

The 2026 move carried an unusual personal angle: McCarthy grew up in Pittsburgh and became the Steelers’ 17th head coach. He replaced Mike Tomlin, who stepped down after 19 seasons, ending one of the NFL’s longest-running head-coaching tenures.

The wording can cause confusion because Tomlin himself won Super Bowl XLIII with Pittsburgh, while Sean Payton won Super Bowl XLIV with New Orleans. The Super Bowl XLV-winning coach was McCarthy, whose Packers defeated the very franchise he later joined.