Mike Tomlin's salary situation is one that leaves few people sitting on the fence. People either think Tomlin is doing a good job or they think he's long past his expiration date and should have been fired.
Fact is, however, it's a multi-layered situation with Tomlin's contract. As things currently stand, Tomlin has two years remaining on a deal that is paying him an estimated $7 million per year
We estimate because NFL coaching salaries aren't exactly public knowledge. Some contract information does leak out on occasion about coaching salaries, but unlike the players, whose salaries are governed by the salary cap, there is no ceiling on what a franchise can spend on its coaches.
That $7 million per year puts Tomlin seventh among NFL coaches in terms of compensation, behind Bill Belichick, Jon Gruden, Pete Carroll, Sean Payton, Ron Rivera and Andy Reid.
The Steelers have typically given their head coach a contract extension with two years remaining on his deal. Some would argue Tomlin isn't deserving of that. But digging deeper shows Tomlin compares quite favorably with his coaching peers not named Belichick and, in fact, is deserving of an extension.
Obviously, Belichick is the gold standard by which all other coaches are currently measured. His estimated salary is $12.5 million per season. And he's won six Super Bowls, nine conference championships and 16 division championships to deserve it.
Belichick's winning percentage of .685 on a 292-134 record also leads all coaches with at least three seasons under their belt. But the Rams' Sean McVay (26-10, .722) and Bears' Matt Nagy (12-5, .706) are the new kids on the block.
Tomlin's winning percentage? It's fourth among current coaches -- and second among coaches with at least three years' experience -- at .645 based on his 133-73-1 record.
OK, what about the next group of highest-paid coaches, led by Gruden at $10 million and Carroll and Payton at $9 million per season?
Those three, like Tomlin, have all won a Super Bowl. A single Super Bowl. And of that group, only Carroll and Tomlin have gotten to the Super Bowl twice.
Some will argue Tomlin has "wasted" having a future Hall of Fame quarterback, but could not the same be said of Payton?
He's gotten to one Super Bowl despite having Drew Brees in all 13 of his seasons in New Orleans. Most pundits consider Brees, who broke the league record for career passing yards last season, to be a superior quarterback to Ben Roethlisberger.
In this decade, Payton has a postseason record of 3-4. Tomlin is 5-6 in the postseason in that same span.
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