Watch live as Steelers President Art Rooney II and GM Omar Khan introduce Mike McCarthy as the team's head coach

McCarthy hails from Greenfield, a working-class neighborhood in the city's 15th Ward. He roamed the enclave's hilly streets, attending mass at the local Catholic church and playing pickup football with the children of steel mill workers. They often challenged kids from nearby streets, from Exeter St. to Loretto Rd. and beyond.

Everybody in Pittsburgh has been in a snit over one big topic all week. Snow removal. That’s right. I’m right there with you. I live on the North Side, and I haven’t seen a single snowplow since at

Steelers President Art Rooney II and General Manager Omar Khan will introduce Mike McCarthy as the franchise's head coach at a press conference at 2 p.m. ET, Tuesday, Jan. 27.

Despite an insistence that they won't rebuild, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers is putting his team on the path to doing exactly that.

As the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday afternoon prepared to crown Mike McCarthy their new head coach, Greenfield — the predominantly working-class community in the city’s East End where the coach grew up — glowed with “local boy makes good” narratives.

Jimmy Gregg has known Mike McCarthy since he grew up in Pittsburgh's Greenfield neighborhood and stayed in touch with him over the years, including while McCarthy was coaching the Green Bay Packers.McCarthy was back in his hometown Tuesday as he was introduced as the new head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Cassidy Wood / KDKA

Former Packers head coach Mike McCarthy got emotional as he was introduced as the new Steelers head coach where he outlined his Super Bowl goals.