Make room at the top.

A native Virginian is now No. 1 on the all-time list of NFL Black head coaches.

Mike Tomlin, head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2007, picked up his 140th career victory on Nov. 1 with a 28-24 decision at Baltimore. Tomlin’s victories continued with No. 143 last Sunday with the Steelers’ 27-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Steelers play the Baltimore Ravens again on Thursday, Nov. 26. Kickoff is 8:20 p.m. on NBC.

The 48-year-old native of Newport News had been tied for first with Tony Dungy, who compiled 139 victories with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts.

There is a connection.

Tomlin got his first NFL job as an assistant under Dungy in Tampa Bay in 2001. After Tomlin recorded his 140th win, Dungy sent his former aide a congratulatory tweet.

As a player, Tomlin starred at Newport News’ Denbigh High School and the College of William & Mary as a wide receiver

under former Coach Jimmye Laycock before pursuing a coaching career.

Tomlin came from a football background. His father, Ed Tomlin, was a standout running back at Hampton Institute and was picked in the 10th round of the 1968 NFL draft by Baltimore.

Ed Tomlin went on to play with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

Meanwhile, Mike Tomlin made college stops as an assistant at Virginia Military Institute, Memphis, Arkansas and Cincinnati before joining Dungy’s NFL staff.

Serving as defensive backs coach, Tomlin was in Tampa from 2001 to 2004 before becoming defensive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings in 2006.

In 2007, he succeeded Bill Cowher as Pittsburgh’s head coach.

His first edition of Steelers went 10-6 in 2007 and then won the Super Bowl—defeating the Arizona Cardinals in February 2009. At 36, Tomlin became the youngest coach ever to win a Super Bowl.

Tomlin’s overall mark is 143-74 in regular seasons and 8-7 in the playoffs.

There’s no letup in sight. Tomlin’s current Steelers are off to a rocket-like start, improving to 10-0 with the win over the Jaguars.

The NFL’s first Black coach in the modern era was Art Shell, who took over as coach of the Oakland Raiders in 1989.

Technically, the first Black NFL coach was Fritz Pollard, who became coach of the Akron Pros in 1920.

Currently, the only Black head coaches are Tomlin; Anthony Lynn, now in his fourth season with the Los Angeles Chargers; Raheem Morris of the Atlanta Falcons; and Romeo Crennel of the Houston Texans.

Morris and Crennel are working on an interim basis after the head coaches with their teams were fired.