The 2026 NFL season is the first without Mike Tomlin somewhere on the sidelines in decades.
And while the former Steelers coach has moved into the world of TV broadcasting, he’s about to become a big deal in a corner of the internet no one would’ve expected a few months ago.
“Minecraft” streaming.
That’s right, the longtime Steelers head coach is about to let fans into the blockified city he has been crafting for the last twelve years.
“It was therapeutic for me,” Tomlin said in a video posted to social media. “It allowed me to detach from the pressures and the reality of life. Kind of my secret obsession, and so let’s take you all through it.”
The video then teased the release of a full video on Tomlin’s YouTube channel, which showed an aerial view of a city that had a baseball field, streets, and even buildings with what looked to my eye to be HVAC equipment on the roof.
Mike means business, and I love it.
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The “NBC Sunday Night Football” analyst revealed in an interview around the start of the season that he was a big fan of the building game that has become a cultural phenomenon over the years.
It makes so much sense to me.
Being an NFL coach is such a high-pressure job with a lot of noise. How better to get a break from that than by focusing all of your attention on the 8-bit stadium you’re trying to construct?
I can’t think of one, and it’s a pretty healthy way to tune everything out and get yourself focused on the present.
If you’re wondering how he was able to handle being an NFL coach for so long, well, for twelve of those years, this is your answer.
Now that Tomlin isn’t leading an NFL team anymore, he’s got more time to devote to Tomlinburg (or whatever he calls it), and I expect it to be looking like Tokyo in a few months.
