Bill Cowher
Bill Cowher
William Laird Cowheris a former professional American football coach and player in the National Football League. In Cowher's 15 seasons as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team won eight division titles and made 10 playoff appearances. Cowher led the Steelers to the Super Bowl twice, winning one. He is the second coach in NFL history to reach the playoffs in each of his first six seasons as head coach, a feat previously accomplished by Paul Brown. Cowher resigned...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth8 May 1957
CityCrafton, PA
mike year
Mike Logan wasn't there a year ago, and now he's there.
came camp excellent football good injuries mike moving past training
Mike Logan is a good football player, ... He had some injuries in the past but came in here in excellent shape. You could see that in the spring. He was moving a lot better. He did that in the off-season program. Then you say, 'In training camp we'll see how he'll be able to do.'
along couple football line might mike presence somewhere
Mike Logan is a football player. Mike might make a couple mistakes, but somewhere along the line you're going to feel his presence on the field. He has a way of making plays.
beat best high mile tough
Mile High is a tough place to play, and we're going to have to play our best to beat them.
patience supportive three
Mr. Rooney was very supportive through three non-playoff years (1998-2000), and I'm very appreciative of his patience.
appreciate football supportive three understand
Mr. Rooney is a football guy. He wanted this business, and he was very supportive through the three non-playoff years, and I'm very appreciative of that, and will always understand that and appreciate that patience.
concerned honest last max played
Max played some last year. I am not too concerned about Max at all, to be honest with you.
focus guys maybe underdogs
Maybe we focus better. Maybe there's a sense of urgency. We've been the underdogs and our guys relished that.
close experience found handled rest share tony
No one has handled it more inspirationally than Tony and his wife. That's the unfortunate part of our profession, that we live in a fishbowl and we have to experience that with the rest of America. Sometimes those are things you'd just like to share with those you are very close to, but Tony has found out that he's very close to a lot of us.
coaches criticisms crossed feels felt game locker losing outside players quality start taking throw understand worse
No one feels worse about losing a game like that than the players and coaches in that locker room. They throw everything into it. No one felt worse than Tommy. I mean, this is a quality individual. We all understand the criticisms that come with this game and we understand that, but when you start taking it outside the field, to the house, to the kids, to me, you've crossed the line.
answered hitting north pile questions run willie
One thing you see now is when Willie makes a decision, he's going north and south. You see him hitting the pile and going forward. I know one of the questions was, 'Can Willie run inside?' and I think he's answered a lot of that.
gone heart lauren prayers strong
My heart and prayers have always gone out to him and Lauren and their family. They'll get through it. Tony's a strong guy.
maybe successful
Maybe this is the way to do it. We haven't been too successful the other way.
finally maybe poetic
Maybe it was poetic justice. We were finally able to get over the hurdle.