Mario Cristobal is apparently a name the Steelers could be interested in for their head coaching search.
Miami head coach Mario Cristobal looks on prior to the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal game against Ohio State Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. APcontinue to look for their next head coach, a new name has come up that would be a stunning surprise.
According to NFL Network’s Brain Baldinger, there is some talk the Steelers are very interested in Miami Hurricanes head coach Cristobal, 55, has been the head coach at Miami since 2022, and he brought the Hurricanes to the National Championship this year, where he finished as the runner-up to Indiana. “Not out here trying to play reporter or doing any of that nonsense, but I hear the Steelers are very interested in Mario Cristobal, the coach at the University of Miami,” Baldinger said onpodcast. “I think Mario Cristobal actually would really translate to the NFL. I watched his practice in the spring. The way Mario coached that team reminded me of what old-school coaches used to do.” Over his coaching career, Cristobal has been a head coach at FIU, Oregon, and now Miami, which is where he played college football at and came up as an assistant. Over his years coaching, Cristobal started as a graduate assistant for Miami before heading to Rutgers and eventually returning to Miami as a position coach. He has a 97-79 record as a head coach across all three stops and a Sun Belt and two Pac-12 Championships to his resume. Cristobal was the Sun Belt Coach of the Year in 2010 and the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2019. The Steelers have yet to interview him for the job, and it is unknown if that would come, but it is a curveball name the Steelers had yet to be connected to until this point.Two of Mike Tomlin’s close friends drop a bombshell on former Steelers coach’s future: ‘He’s done’Nick Farabaugh is the Pittsburgh Steelers beat writer for PennLive.com, based in Pittsburgh. He is entering his fourth season on the Steelers beat. Before joining PennLive, he was the Steelers beat writer for...
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