Story byMichael Kaskey-BlomainSat, January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM UTC·2 min readSteelers legend says Mike Tomlin doesn't deserve to make Hall of Fame originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. If Pittsburgh Steelers legend James Harrison had a Hall of Fame vote, he wouldn’t vote for now-former Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDuring a recent episode of his Joe and Deebo podcast, Harrison explained why he doesn’t think his former coach deserves to be enshrined in Canton based off of what he did in Pittsburgh. He pointed to Tomlin’s lack of a coaching tree combined with his underwhelming playoff record as two main reasons."I can’t give him a Hall of Fame coach because he hasn’t made disciples,” Harrison said, via Sports Illustrated.