CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus has done many moves to shape sports television over nearly three decades at the helm.
One of them was the bold move to add Tony Romo onto its lead NFL broadcast team in 2017 immediately after his retirement from the NFL.
And McManus, who announced last week that he would be stepping down from his position at CBS Sports in April 2024, talked about a few current NFL coaches who he could see in the broadcast booth.
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Speaking on "The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast" on Oct. 4, he was asked the question of whether he could see any future players in the booth, much like what happened with Romo. But he instead cited a few coaches.
"I've always thought Mike Tomlin, if he ever wanted to do it, would be terrific," McManus said. "Sean McVay, I think, would be terrific also."
Tomlin and McVay are two highly-regarded Super Bowl-winning head coaches in the NFL. Tomlin has been the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2007, leading them to the Super Bowl on two occasions, including a win in 2009.
McVay has been the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams since 2017 and won the Super Bowl in 2021. There has been reported interest in the past from NFL networks to poach McVay away from the Rams and into the broadcasting booth especially since the Rams' roster has significantly weakened since their Super Bowl win.
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McManus also elaborated on the hiring of Romo, whose success in the booth led to CBS Sports notably extending him in 2020 in a deal worth $17 million annually, saying he saw the potential of Romo during a conversation with him in 2015 during Super Bowl XLIX.
"I just asked, 'Tony, how do you see the game tomorrow?' And he, in an incredibly concise way, broke down the Seahawks defense, what the Patriots needed to do to break that vaunted defense. We sort of talked for like five minutes," McManus said. "I left and I said, 'That guy's gonna be the number one analyst at a network. I just hope it's ours.'"
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