Rumors are swirling that Mike Tomlin abruptly quit as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers because he got a bartender pregnant.
Tomlin shocked the NFL by abruptly resigning as head coach of the Steelers after 19 winning seasons.
According to social media user Will-Howard-Time (@Dwinsgames), Tomlin is no longer the Steelers head coach because he got a 20-year-old woman pregnant. “His family life is in crisis and he broke his personal conduct agreement with the team. He is working to save his marriage.”
this is why Mike Tomlin is no longer the steelers HC …. he got her pregnant , his family life is in crisis and he broke his personal conduct agreement with the team ….. he is working to save his marriage pic.twitter.com/PTWc9jdnTt
— Will-Howard-Time… (@Dwinsgames) January 16, 2026
There are rumors that the woman welcomed their baby months ago. She allegedly signed an NDA agreement in exchange for $3.5 million in hush money.
The rumors have not been confirmed
The USA Today reported that Tomlin decided to quit, rather than be fired by the Steelers organization.
The Steelers’ organization reportedly allowed Tomlin to coach the team in the NFL playoffs. But the Steelers lost to the Houston Texans by a score of 30-6 in the AFC Wild Card game on Jan. 12.
The next day, Tomlin tendered his resignation. Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers reportedly cried in the locker room and said, “I’m sorry” to Tomlin.
As Tomlin left the Steelers locker room for the final time on Monday, he passed by his own words immortalized in silver block letters on the wall: “The Standard … is the Standard.”
The Super Bowl-winning coach leaves with a record of 201 wins and eight division titles.
If the rumors about Tomlin getting a young woman pregnant are true, he is the second Black football head coach to lose his career over infidelity with white women in less than 60 days.
Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore lost his job and was detained by police in December over an “inappropriate relationship” with his white female assistant.
Moore was charged with felony home invasion and stalking after he broke into his assistant’s home and threatened to kill himself.
Both Tomlin and Moore are married with children.
Tomlin and his wife, Kiya, his college sweetheart, share three children.
