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
bowl super win
We're going to the Super Bowl to win it, not to just be there.
definitive players
We're going to have a lot of flexibility with some of the things we're doing, and the players have been very receptive. It's more definitive than things we've done in the past. The onus is being put back on the players to execute, and I think they like that.
age mature
We have a young quarterback who didn't play young today. . . . He's much more mature than his age would indicate.
effect extra football game involved playing speed weather
The extra day won't have any effect on it. We're going to have to weather the flurry that will be involved with the emotions, the speed of the game and playing a high-quality football team.
There are some things, demands, game-day stuff, that you share.
best football playing time
We're playing our best football at the right time of the year.
almost heard
We heard 'em. You almost feel like you're at home.
create football growing trying
We're still growing as a football team. We're still evolving, we're still trying to create that chemistry.
balanced element football half hands numbers people run shut taken talk watch
People can look at our run-to-pass ratio, ... but I will say this: Watch us in the first half (this season) because we're still a balanced football team. But when we get a lead, that element is taken out of the hands of the quarterback and we will run the ball. So, we just shut it down. It distorts the numbers a little bit, so talk about the numbers in the first half.
hand looking seconds starts stuff tip
He's going to go through a lot of theatrics. But you don't want to tip your hand too soon. We'll all be looking at the play clock. ... So when he starts doing all of that stuff with 19 or 20 seconds to go, you've just got to be patient.
drives fifth hand hopefully
Nothing drives me more than to hopefully be able to hand him the fifth trophy.
disruptive emotional feed great job leadership
He can be a very disruptive player. Joey's an emotional guy. Certainly, we feed off of that. He does a great job in the leadership role.
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.