NBC’s Mike Tomlin shows off his ‘Minecraft’ city with viral first episode

The play-call sheet wasn’t the only thing Mike Tomlin spent years building as an NFL coach.

After teasing a “Minecraft” city he built in an interview with NBC’s Craig Melvin, the former Pittsburgh Steelers coach delivered on his promise and provided a full tour.

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Tomlin, who is now an analyst on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, on Wednesday announced on X that he would reveal his city via YouTube later in the day. The post has over 22 million views and counting.

His YouTube video is almost 20 minutes long and is nearing 1 million views. The video is titled “EP 1: ROOFTOPS, PENTHOUSES, AND URBAN LIVING.”

The 54-year-old analyst said he “can’t give it all away in one video,” so episode one focused on the more lavish side of his metropolis. Tomlin explained he has a passion for high-rise skyscrapers and architecture.

The city features many real-world buildings, such as a PNC Bank and a CVS. There’s even a Trump Tower building, but Tomlin said it was built before the president’s first term and was “not an endorsement.”

“We didn’t think he would win,” Tomlin said in the video. “Twice.”

Tomlin started building the city in 2014, using the game’s “Creative Mode” since he’s not adept with standard joystick control.

He watched his children play the game obsessively in middle school, so he decided to join in on the action himself once his kids got disinterested “over the course of time.”

The 2008 Super Bowl-winning coach said he found the game “therapeutic” and it allowed him “to detach from the realities and the pressures of life.”

Tomlin teased that the second episode will feature “something you’ll find really interesting,” but did not mention a specific release date.

See the full first episode below, which also includes detailed men’s and women’s public restrooms: