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
create football growing trying
We're still growing as a football team. We're still evolving, we're still trying to create that chemistry.
resilient
We've got a young quarterback who doesn't play young. It's a very resilient group, very focused.
We've got a young quarterback who didn't play young.
close
We've got a very close team. Jerome has been an inspiration to us all year.
black built country fan fans generation goes gold pull question rich second seeing team tradition
We have an unbelievable fan base. You go around the country and pull into hotels, there is always black and gold and Steelers fans hollering. There is no question it goes back to the rich tradition this team has and this organization built back in the '70s. What we are seeing now is the second generation of that fan base. It's great.
surface work
It may have been more that we're working out on a different surface than what we usually work on in Pittsburgh.
plays running unfold
You don't see us running a lot of different plays with Willie. They're the same plays, they just may unfold differently.
developing football good heath plays
Heath made some plays and he's developing into a good target. He's a good football player.
bizarre good happened morning remember weird
Bizarre is a good word. I remember the game, and this morning I happened to look at the stats of the game. ... It was a really bizarre game. That was a weird year.
gives jumping running special
Jerome Bettis, he gives you something. He's a very special back. ... You see him running and jumping and jump-cutting, doing the things that he does.
reflective
This was very reflective of how they feel about their teammates.
disrupt dropping eight good mixed mixing pressure
We mixed it up, you have to. We did a good job, dropping eight or mixing pressure to try to disrupt him, get him out of his rhythm.
niche proud teams
We're proud of the teams of the 1970s. But we have our own niche right now.
far takes
We're going to go as far as he takes us.