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
ask blessed coaches fortunate improve players question stable starts understand year
It starts at the top, there is no question about that. I've been very blessed and fortunate to be in a very stable organization. At the same time, you can take nothing for granted. You still have to go out there every year and improve yourself. You ask players to do it and I think as coaches you have to do it. I think we all understand that. I'm just very fortunate and blessed to be part of an organization that is very open, very stable and very understanding.
brought city feeling fill happier rewarding surreal time trophy
It's surreal right now. It's a rewarding feeling to give that trophy to (owner) Mr. (Dan) Rooney. That's what he brought me here to do a long time ago. It really does fill a void. I couldn't be happier for him and the city of Pittsburgh.
brought complete feeling rewarding surreal trophy void
It's surreal right now. It's a rewarding feeling to give that trophy to Mr. Rooney. That's what he brought me here to do. It really does complete a void that's been there.
complete surreal void
It's surreal right now. It really does complete a void that's been there.
group small special
It's surreal. I'm going to tell you, this is a special group of coaches, a special group of players. I was one small part of this.
forward fun games good looking ourselves ready
It's kind of good to get back to football. I think that is what we are all kind of looking forward to now. The fun and games are over with now, and it's getting ourselves ready to play the game.
group loose turn
It's a loose group of guys. They know when to turn it on and off. That's the way it's been all year.
almost city happy players special starts surreal
It's almost surreal right now. We've got a special organization, and it starts at the top. I couldn't be more happy for Mr. Rooney, for the coaches, for the players and for the city of Pittsburgh.
almost coaches group special surreal year
It's almost surreal right now. This is a special group of coaches and a special group of players. All year long they were resilient.
surface work
It may have been more that we're working out on a different surface than what we usually work on in Pittsburgh.
envy logistics opportunity overlook people share
It's an opportunity that you want to share with a lot of people and the logistics of doing that can be overwhelming at times with all of the requests. At the same time, you can't overlook what we're going there to do. Obviously, it can be very overwhelming to do in just one week's time. People have done it, I don't envy that.
couple hit
This may not hit me for a couple of days.
defensive deny dominated front offense
They pretty much dominated us, ... Our offense to their defense, they were pretty smothering out there, and we really couldn't get anything going. Their offense and their defensive front pretty much dominated tonight, and you can't deny that.
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They're just as hungry as we are. It's a golden opportunity for us, but don't underestimate the challenge that's in front of us. ... You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship. Nobody remembers that you lost a Super Bowl. They remember who won a Super Bowl.