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Mike Tomlin Unveils 12-Year Minecraft City
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In Short: Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin showed off his extensive Minecraft city for the first time.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin revealed his 12-year-old Minecraft city in a video posted on YouTube.
Tomlin, who now serves as an analyst for NBC Sports, discussed his passion for architecture and urban planning through the game.
In an interview with Craig Melvin on TODAY, Tomlin explained that he started playing Minecraft with his children to connect as a family.
He said, 'I was always really conscious of appropriate amenities,' highlighting the attention to detail in his virtual city.
Tomlin's city includes high-end residences, public restrooms, and even a baseball field.
Tomlin's son, Mayce, revealed that his father would occasionally take his PlayStation to play the game.
The former head coach explained that he became intrigued by Minecraft's creative mode, which allows users to build cities with unlimited resources.
Tomlin described the process of building his world as 'mindless entertainment' and 'therapeutic,' saying, 'I'm not a big TV watcher.
Tomlin's city has evolved over time, starting small and growing into a fully functioning metropolis.
Fans were impressed by the level of detail and creativity in Tomlin's Minecraft city, seeing a side of the coach rarely seen before.
What this adds
Tomlin's Minecraft city is the first major public unveiling of his long-term project.
The video provides a rare glimpse into Tomlin's personal interests beyond football.
Tomlin's passion for architecture and urban planning is evident in his meticulous Minecraft build.
What's confirmed
- The world was stunned when Tomlin casually admitted in an interview with new NBC colleague Craig Melvin that he had started playing Minecraft when his kids were younger so they could connect together as a family.
What's still developing
- Mike Tomlin unveils his 12-year-old Minecraft city for the FIRST time… and it is INCREDIBLE 🔥🔥 Honey not now, Mike Tomlin is explaining why he added high end residencies along his Minecraft riverfront.
- “You’ll find an appropriate number of public restrooms and stuff throughout my properties.” Everyone who watched loved seeing this side of the NFL coaching legend and how passionate he was about his Minecraft city.
- Tomlin provided a closer look at his first building downtown as well as other rooftop properties that he created in the game during a video posted on YouTube.
- "I have a Minecraft city, I'm creative, that I've been working on for like 12 years." The 54-year-old eventually teased the unveiling of his city in a Saturday post on X.
- Tomlin previously spent 19 seasons patrolling the sidelines for the Steelers from 2007-25, as he was the NFL's longest-tenured head coach before he stepped down from the position on Jan.
- Pittsburgh went 193-114-2 under Tomlin, never posting a losing record in any year that he spent with the team.
- Tomlin has been working on the ongoing project for 12-plus years.
- Tomlin shows off the various apartments and architecture, and he gives a tour of buildings, apologizing for his "lack of stick control" with a controller.
- Mike Tomlin is a Super Bowl-winning head coach, is second on the Pittsburgh Steelers ' all-time wins list and famously never had a losing record in 19 seasons with the Steelers.
- Each of them participated and have buildings across the city.
- 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.
- 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.