It also comes in the man he supported for president a year after he hired Tomlin. 38?BSTDan Rooney, the powerful and popular Pittsburgh Steelers chairman whose name is attached to the NFL’s landmark initiative in minority hiring, died Thursday. From there, Dan Rooney oversaw NFL championships for a team that had never even played in a league title game. Not only is the national team in the lull between major tournaments, with the next World Cup more th.